{"id":513547,"date":"2026-07-07T13:58:57","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/west-texas-oil-rises-again-and-reaches-us70-46-due-to-tensions-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T13:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T17:58:57","slug":"west-texas-oil-rises-again-and-reaches-us70-46-due-to-tensions-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/west-texas-oil-rises-again-and-reaches-us70-46-due-to-tensions-in-the-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"West Texas oil rises again and reaches US$70.46 due to tensions in the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New York.<\/strong>\u2013 The price of a barrel of <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"674892\">West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil<\/a>, the benchmark for the Dominican Republic, is trading this Tuesday at around <strong>US$70.46<\/strong>, recording a slight increase in international markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rise is linked to geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, a key point for the global transit of crude oil, which has raised concerns about potential supply disruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current price is situated above the <strong>US$68.55<\/strong> reached previously, reflecting the oil market&#8217;s sensitivity to risk factors in strategic energy production and transport zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The highest value reached by a barrel of WTI so far in 2026 was <strong>US$112<\/strong>, recorded last April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend reading: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, at the beginning of May it closed at a peak of <strong>US$106.42<\/strong> per barrel, driven by geopolitical tensions between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These high costs have pushed fuel prices upward globally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York.\u2013 The price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, the benchmark for the Dominican Republic, is trading this Tuesday at around US$70.46, recording a slight increase in international markets. The rise is linked to geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, a key point for the global transit of crude oil, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133559,"featured_media":514025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-513547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-07-at-1.52.19-PM.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-29B1","dum_api":{"author_name":"Preciosa Jimenez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-05-26-at-5.31.56-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-07-07-at-1.52.19-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}