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Line chart showing WTI crude oil up 25 percent in three weeks after a Saudi pipeline strike.

WTI crude has climbed 25 per cent in three weeks after drone strikes shut down Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, a route that had carried 4 to 5 million barrels a day around the closed Strait of Hormuz to the Red Sea. The shutdown left both of Saudi Arabia's major export routes constrained at once, pushing the kingdom's crude supply to its lowest level in decades according to the International Energy Agency. Canadian energy shares have moved directly with the commodity, even as the broader Toronto stock index has lagged the sector.

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Bar chart showing a split market reaction across twelve assets after Iran threatened to halt regional energy exports.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard threatened this week to halt all energy exports from the Middle East, not just shipping through the Strait of…

Iran's Threat Just Moved From Controlling the Strait to Threatening the Whole Gulf's Oil

July 15, 2026

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Line chart showing WTI crude oil up 25 percent since mid-August as the Hormuz tanker war escalated.

WTI crude has climbed 25 per cent since mid-August as a tanker war in the Strait of Hormuz escalated, with US strikes on Iranian vessels…

The Tanker War in the Strait of Hormuz Just Repriced Every Canadian Energy Position

September 11, 2026

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Line chart showing Brent crude oil's daily closing price reversing higher in early August 2026.

Iran's foreign minister set new preconditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, demanding sanctions relief and war reparations before any deal takes effect.

Iran Just Told the Market What the June MOU Actually Requires. The Market Priced Something Else.

August 10, 2026

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Line chart of WTI crude oil prices from July 8 to July 28, 2026, marked with Middle East escalation and de-escalation events.

A claimed strike on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, the route built specifically to move crude around the Strait of Hormuz, landed the…

The Pipeline Built to Bypass Hormuz Risk Just Became a Target

July 28, 2026

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Bar chart comparing trailing one-month price moves in oil, gold and TSX stocks as of July 24, 2026.

The move followed Houthi strikes on two Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea, opening a shipping corridor disruption separate from the ongoing Strait of Hormuz standoff.

The Houthis Just Opened a Second Chokepoint. Markets Are Not Pricing It Yet.

July 24, 2026

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Bar chart comparing same-day price moves across WTI crude, gold, the TSX, and the Nasdaq on July 22, 2026.

A new Houthi blockade threat near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait is closing the shipping route Saudi Arabia had used to route crude around Strait…

Saudi Arabia's Hormuz Workaround Just Became a Second Chokepoint Risk

July 23, 2026

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