{
  "id": 9551778,
  "title": "Gulf nations keep oil flowing amid Iran war, but it’s getting costly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/gulf-nations-keep-oil-flowing-amid-iran-war-but-its-getting-costly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:40:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3368688/gulf-nations-keep-oil-flowing-amid-iran-war-its-getting-costly"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, choking off sea passage for some 15 million barrels of oil a day, many feared that prices would skyrocket, cratering the world economy. Instead, nearly seven months on, oil is expensive but not exorbitant, and analysts say there is enough oil available to meet current global needs, even as the higher prices cause political problems…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}