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Oil Price Today (September 9): Crude oil at $99 as Iran attacks US base in Jordan. Can liquid gold hit $120?

The Economic Times - General Trade press Published 9th September 2026 India

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What the source reported

Source-reported

Oil markets reacted sharply on Wednesday as Iran renewed its assaults on U.S. military installations. Strikes by the Revolutionary Guards on American destroyers and a Jordanian base marked a direct counter to U.S. attacks on their oil tankers. Analysts caution that should shipping turmoil escalate, oil prices might spike to $120 per barrel, intensifying fears over crude supply stability worldwide.

Publication
The Economic Times - General · Trade Publication
Published
9th September 2026
Original report
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
India
Organisations
None identified
Collected
9th September 2026 · 03:28

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (33.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (45.0/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity