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Oil Holds Above $100 as Iran Escalates Attacks Against Key Infrastructure

Brent crude held above $100 a barrel as Iran stepped up attacks on key energy infrastructure in the Middle East and U.S. allies rebuffed Trump's call to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

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InCommodities Inks $141.5 Million Australian Battery Deal With Vena Group

InCommodities, the Danish energy trader backed by Goldman Sachs, has signed a battery storage agreement with Vena Group in Australia valued at 200 million Australian dollars, equivalent to US$141.5 million.

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Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on the the effect of higher oil and gas prices on U.S. and Canadian interest rate decisions and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

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Oil prices drop more than 5% as U.S. calls for international effort to secure Strait of Hormuz

Oil futures finished sharply lower Monday, with U.S. prices down by more than 5%, as traders continued to weigh developments in the Iran conflict.

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Sable Offshore Resumes Oil Transport After Emergency Order

Sable Offshore resumed the transportation of oil through the Santa Ynez pipeline system off the California coast, following a Defense Production Act emergency directive from the Trump administration.

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Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk

Find insight on crude oil futures, European energy stocks and more in the latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities.

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Oil Industry Warns Trump Administration That Fuel Crunch Will Likely Worsen

Oil executives told officials in White House meetings that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz might push up oil prices further.

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White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis

The Trump administration is asking other countries to help escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but a deal isn't set.

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Why Trump's Move to Lower Oil Prices Fell Flat

It will take time for the largest-ever release from global stockpiles to work its way into the oil market.

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The Electric Grid Needs Huge Upgrades. No One Knows Who Will Pay for Them.

Utilities around the U.S. are set to spend tens of billions of dollars on high-voltage lines, largely to meet demand from data centers.

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TotalEnergies Shutting Production in Qatar, Iraq Amid Fighting in Middle East

The French energy company said production has stopped or is in the process of shutting down in Qatar, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates offshore, representing about 15% of the company's total output.

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U.N. Body Fights for Relevance as It Struggles to Devise a Deep Sea Mining Code

The International Seabed Authority for years has tried to set seafloor extraction rules, but the U.S. under Trump says it may go it alone

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

March 18, 2026 00:15 ET (04:15 GMT)