{"id":337574,"date":"2026-02-19T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/oil-price-rises-nearly-4-on-tensions-between-russia-ukraine-and-iran\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:54:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:54:38","slug":"oil-price-rises-nearly-4-on-tensions-between-russia-ukraine-and-iran","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/oil-price-rises-nearly-4-on-tensions-between-russia-ukraine-and-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil price rises nearly 4% on tensions between Russia, Ukraine and Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Oil prices experienced a strong rebound this Wednesday, with increases close to 4%, after the abrupt end of the talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva and the increase in tension between the United States and Iran. These variables, combined, are <strong>reshaping the global energy chessboard<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>At 12:27 GMT, <strong>Brent crude<\/strong> futures <strong>were up 4.35%<\/strong> to 70.35 dollars per barrel, while <strong>West Texas Intermediate (WTI) gained 4.59%<\/strong> to 65.19 dollars. The markets reacted immediately to the collapse of the peace negotiations, which barely lasted two hours and did not yield any concrete progress. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">No progress in talks between Kiev and Moscow<\/h2>\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the talks as &#8220;difficult&#8221;. Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinsky described them as &#8220;practical&#8221;, although he admitted that it was impossible to reach consensus. In addition, tensions are aggravated by <strong>persistent disruptions in Russian oil supplies to Central Europe<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, the Hungarian government suspended diesel shipments <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/dhl-and-cma-cgm-boost-shipping-with-biofuels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diesel shipments to Ukraine.<\/a><\/strong> to Ukraine. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto clarified that they will not be resumed unless Kiev restores the flow of Russian crude oil through the Druzhba. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S. AND IRAN U.S. and Iran: diplomatic advances and military threats<\/h2>\n\n<p>On the other side of the world, negotiations between the United States and Iran on the nuclear deal took a symbolic step forward, with both sides reaching an <strong>understanding on &#8220;guiding principles&#8221;,<\/strong> although still without a formal agreement.<\/p>\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Iran conducted military exercises in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, temporarily closing the waterway, through which a fifth of the world&#8217;s oil transits. Tension is further heightened by the announcement of joint naval maneuvers between Iran and Russia in the Sea of Oman. <\/p>\n\n<p>Consultancies such as Eurasia Group warn that there is a 65% probability that the United States will launch attacks against Iran before April, a factor that is beginning to be discounted by oil traders.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Expectations on U.S. reserves data<\/h2>\n\n<p>Investors are also watching inventory reports from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the Energy Information Agency (EIA). <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/iea-lowers-its-oil-demand-growth-forecast-for-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Information Agency (EIA).<\/a><\/strong>. Analysts anticipate an increase in crude oil stocks, while gasoline and distillate stocks may have been reduced. <\/p>\n\n<p>This combination of geopolitical factors and market data fuels <strong>volatility in oil prices<\/strong>, which could remain elevated in the coming days if there are no signs of detente among the players involved.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source and photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/oil-prices-lose-ground-hopes-de-escalation-us-iran-tensions-2026-02-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geopolitical uncertainty between Moscow, Kiev and Tehran is driving international crude oil prices higher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":337493,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-337574","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/337574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=337574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/337574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/337493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=337574"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=337574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}