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Iran Crisis Is Intensifying the Oil Market’s Bullish Turn

Expectations for a glut of barrels are shifting to concerns about their safety.
Oil surged by the most in four years as the war against Iran plunged the global crude market into turmoil.Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, reporter Grant Smith looks at the oil market impact from the escalating Middle East war.

The conflict roiling Iran and the wider Middle East has turbocharged a shift in global oil markets, from signs that supplies are excessive to concerns about their availability.