{
  "id": 1868252,
  "title": "Oil extends climb on prolonged Hormuz export uncertainty",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/18/oil-extends-climb-on-prolonged-hormuz-export-uncertainty",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-18T22:08:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
    "slug": "the-business-times-companies-markets",
    "url": "https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/energy-commodities/oil-extends-climb-prolonged-hormuz-export-uncertainty"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Both brent crude and US WTI crude contracts closed at their highest on Tuesday since Jul 24",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}