Oil Rises More Than 2 Percent Following US Attack on Iranian Island
CENTCOM confirmed American forces had struck a pair of rocket launchers loaded with sea mines on Aug. 30.
Brent crude surpassed $91 per barrel on August 31 due to U.S. hostilities with Iran over an island in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces struck two rocket launchers loaded with sea mines on Larak Island, an action confirmed by U.S. Central Command spokesman Navy Capt. Tim Hawkins.
- Brent crude rose above $91 per barrel on August 31.
- The price increase followed U.S. strikes on Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.
- U.S. forces targeted two rocket launchers armed with sea mines.
- This marks the first known U.S. strikes on Iran in a month.
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