{"id":86057,"date":"2026-03-07T16:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=86057"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:44:38","slug":"oil-is-set-to-hit-100-a-barrel-in-days-and-even-reach-150-experts-say-as-crucial-strait-of-hormuz-remains-shut-to-tankers-and-us-says-war-could-continue-for-six-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/07\/oil-is-set-to-hit-100-a-barrel-in-days-and-even-reach-150-experts-say-as-crucial-strait-of-hormuz-remains-shut-to-tankers-and-us-says-war-could-continue-for-six-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil is set to hit $100 a barrel in days and even reach $150, experts say as crucial Strait of Hormuz remains shut to tankers and US says war could continue for six weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/07\/12\/106947109-15623707-image-m-2_1772884798569.jpg\" alt=\"Oil prices are expected to surge past $100 a barrel within days and could even reach $150 if the war in the Middle East drags on, energy experts have warned. Pictured: Fire breaks out at Bahrain oil refinery as Iran targets energy infrastructure across region\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oil prices are expected to surge past $100 a barrel within days and could even reach $150 if the war in the Middle East drags on, energy experts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-15623707\/Oil-set-hit-100-barrel-days-reach-150-experts-say-crucial-Strait-Hormuz-remains-shut-tankers.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Oil prices are expected to surge past $100 a barrel within days and could even reach $150 if the war in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-86057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Iran-war.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86058,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86057\/revisions\/86058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}