Oil tops $100 a barrel following latest attacks on Middle East facilities
The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time since July after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened an already weakened supply chain.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: The Hill · Sep 9, 2026 at 8:58 AM ET
- Coverage span: 9 min
- Coverage: 2 reports from 2 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 2 publications in 5h 30m
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From the CurrentWire archive
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Coverage
2 publications are covering this story.
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Global NewsTier B
Oil tops $100 a barrel following latest attacks on Middle East facilities(opens original report in a new tab)The HillTier B
Oil rises past $100 a barrel after latest Middle East attacks(opens original report in a new tab)Oil prices climbed above $100 per barrel Wednesday for the first time since July as renewed fighting in the Middle East raised concerns about further disruptions to global energy supplies. Brent crude, the global… — The Hill
How coverage developed
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 72.4 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 28.5 of 35
- Source authority
- 14 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 8.5 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 6.5 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: story prominence, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.
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