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Brent crude futures rose to US$89.40 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate reached US$82.83.","category":"Business & Economy","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-08-17T15:25:57.529Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-17T11:07:21.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-17T15:25:57.529Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":70,"critic":95,"hype":15,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 70: includes named sources (Priyanka Sachdeva, Abbas Araqchi) and Kpler data, plus multiple independent outlets.","critic":"Critic 95: explains market impact, quotes analysts, provides specific figures, and outlines future uncertainty.","hype":"Hype 15: language is measured with no sensationalist adjectives or clickbait."}},"tags":["#OilPrices","#StraitOfHormuz","#USIranRelations","#GeopoliticalRisk","#ADNOC","#BrentCrude"],"entities":["United Arab Emirates","Iran","United States","Strait of Hormuz","Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)","Donald Trump","Abbas Araqchi"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Brent crude futures rose to US$89.40 per barrel on 17 August 2026, and West Texas Intermediate reached US$82.83, as reported by Asia One.","Five commodity vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on 16 August 2026, with none recorded on 17 August, according to Kpler ship-tracking data.","The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of attacking a third vessel operated by ADNOC in the Strait of Hormuz, as reported by the Emirati state news agency WAM.","US President Donald Trump reiterated that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remains the US’s top priority, as reported by Live Mint."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Oil prices rose on 17 August 2026 as expectations of a breakthrough in US-Iran peace talks faded. Brent crude futures reached US$89.40 per barrel, while West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed to US$82.83 per barrel. Both contracts had gained more than five per cent the previous week following attacks on tankers operated by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) in the Strait of Hormuz and on a Saudi Aramco refinery."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz slowed over the weekend. Kpler ship-tracking data showed five commodity vessels transited the strait on 16 August 2026, with none recorded on 17 August. The United Arab Emirates accused Iran of attacking a third ADNOC-operated vessel in the strait on 15 August, according to the Emirati state news agency WAM. Iran had previously been blamed for two other incidents involving ADNOC vessels on 14 August."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said Iran had not decided to resume talks with the US, as reported by Asia One. US President Donald Trump urged Americans to accept slightly higher gasoline prices while the conflict continued. Trump also reiterated that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon remained the US’s top priority, as reported by Live Mint."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"No left-rated outlet ran this story. None of the digests from the right-rated outlets mentioned the UAE’s accusation that Iran had attacked a third ADNOC-operated vessel. 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