{"id":149467,"date":"2026-08-23T12:57:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T15:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/?p=149467"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:58:35","slug":"oil-prices-dip-as-iran-threatens-strait-of-hormuz-gas-prices-remain-elevated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/2026\/08\/23\/oil-prices-dip-as-iran-threatens-strait-of-hormuz-gas-prices-remain-elevated\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Dip as Iran Threatens Strait of Hormuz; Gas Prices Remain Elevated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mx-auto mt-4 w-full rounded-lg bg-[#FAF9F6] p-6 text-lg md:mt-0 md:w-full md:text-xl\">\n<div class=\"mb-0 font-normal text-slate-800 md:mb-0 styles-module__tN_KlW__prose max-w-none\">\n<p>Oil prices edged lower Sunday, but ongoing tensions in the Middle East continue to raise concerns about the global energy supply.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell less than 1% to settle at $93.77 a barrel.<\/p>\n<p>The modest decline comes as Iran threatens to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route for global energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>The threat is adding to concerns about the potential impact on oil supplies if tensions in the region escalate.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, drivers are continuing to feel the effects at the pump.<\/p>\n<p>The national average price for a gallon of regular gasoline reached $4.09 Sunday, according to AAA.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s about 37.5% higher than the average price before the war began.<\/p>\n<p>For now, oil prices remain elevated as markets closely watch developments in the region and the potential impact on global supplies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center justify-between px-6 pb-4\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices edged lower Sunday, but ongoing tensions in the Middle East continue to raise concerns about the global energy supply. Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell less than 1% to settle at $93.77 a barrel. The modest decline comes as Iran threatens to halt oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"featured_media":149468,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"novedades-gapp-noticias":[],"lineas-trabajo-noticias":[],"industrias-noticias":[394],"mercados-noticias":[445],"class_list":["post-149467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","industrias-noticias-oil-gas","mercados-noticias-medio-oriente"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149467"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149469,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149467\/revisions\/149469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149467"},{"taxonomy":"novedades-gapp-noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/novedades-gapp-noticias?post=149467"},{"taxonomy":"lineas-trabajo-noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lineas-trabajo-noticias?post=149467"},{"taxonomy":"industrias-noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industrias-noticias?post=149467"},{"taxonomy":"mercados-noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapp-oil.com.ar\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mercados-noticias?post=149467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}