A widening war in Iran has halted oil tankers, made targets of refineries and spooked investors worried about the cascading impact of spiking energy prices.

To combat rising gas prices amid the war with Iran, the U.S. is forced to release 172 million barrels of oil from its reserves ...

The release would exceed the 182 million barrels of oil that IEA member ​countries put ​onto the market in ⁠two releases in ...