Oil Asia: Brent Nears $100 on CENTCOM Tanker Strikes; WTI Stamp Split Across Wires

Oil prices rose in early Wednesday trade after renewed Middle East strikes raised supply-disruption worries, with Brent futures approaching the $100 mark on several wires.

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Reuters (NEW DELHI, Sept 9; Sethuraman NR / Georgina McCartney): Brent crude futures rose 1.4% to $99.33 a barrel by 0212 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was at $94.34 a barrel, up 1.4%.

CNBC: West Texas Intermediate futures for October delivery jumped 1.75% to $94.66 a barrel; Brent added 1.55% to $99.44 a barrel.

BBC (Claire Keenan): Oil prices rose in Asia trading — benchmark Brent crude was up 1.5% at $99.35 a barrel, while US-traded oil was 1.3% higher at $94.23.

A separate Asia page stamps West Texas Intermediate touching a fresh three-month top around the $92.50 area during the Asian session on Wednesday, though it lacks follow-through, and frames WTI easing from that top and slipping below $92. Those WTI prints are quoted separately from the mid-$94 wire stamps above — not averaged.

Drivers

The same session sits on U.S. strikes on Iranian oil tankers and Iran’s missile response toward a U.S. base in Jordan — already live as CENTCOM five carriers. The same Asia page also stamps Rezaei preparing to enforce a full blockade around Hormuz in response to economic sanctions — attributed color only. Tuesday’s Saudi energy halt / Brent ~$98 and WTI above $92 EU are prior oil tapes.

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