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5 min readA wild ride for oil prices
Brent crude hit $117 a barrel early yesterday morning. By this morning, it had crashed to $92. That is a 21 percent drop in roughly 24 hours, and it captures just how volatile energy markets have become as the war in the Middle East unfolds.
The oil price whiplash
The dramatic swing in oil prices came after President Trump said the war could end "very soon" and repeated the idea that the US Navy could escort tankers through the Persian Gulf. At the same time, he also said the conflict could escalate if Iran blocked the flow of oil. Saudi Arabia's state oil company Aramco added to the downward pressure by announcing it would ramp up a pipeline that carries oil on a route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow chokepoint through which about a fifth of the world's oil passes.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:56) **Oil's Wild Ride: Prices Drop but Remain Elevated** - Host Sabri Benishure introduces the segment, noting Brent crude is at $92 a barrel, down from $117 the previous morning.
- 2 (01:55) **US Oil Producers Cautious on Conflict-Driven Prices** - Dan Pickering of Pickering Energy Partners explains why US producers are not ramping up drilling despite high prices.
- 3 (03:08) **Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over AI Use** - The AI company is taking legal action against the Department of Defense over the use of its tools.
- 4 (05:38) **Consumer Product Recalls Hit 18-Year High** - The number of recalled products jumped to 420 in 2025, the highest since 2007.
- 5 Standout Quotes
- 6 (02:36) "This is a most likely a transitory event with the war in Iran and prices like He says US producers don't want to spend money to up their oil production based on conflict dependent prices." - Dan Pickering, Pickering Energy Partners
- 7 (07:44) "It's not a bad thing. It's not a bad thing. Because he says more recalls mean fewer dangerous products falling through the cracks and making it into the hands of consumers." - Chris Harvey, Sedgwick
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Show Notes
Just to get you up to speed on oil prices: Brent Crude is at $92 a barrel this morning. Yesterday morning, it was at $117. While prices have dipped, they're still higher than they were before the Middle East war began. That means more money for oil producers. So will domestic producers use that extra cash to drill more? Also: the latest in Anthropic’s dispute with the Pentagon and what to make of last year’s big jump in product recalls.
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