Israel-Iran conflict causing uncertainty in oil market, jacking up prices: Peter McGuire

There’s a couple of things. The Strait of Hormuz is an integral part, a true choke point when it comes to energy transportation and the impact that that can have across the whole Persian Gulf. So, the market is up now as you said 9-9.5%. We have got to see how this moves forward over the next couple of days and whether there was to be any form of interaction from the US because they have got many carriers around that sort of area and whether they were to be involved or if there is any chance as far as production not being able to be shipped through there.

That choke point remains shut and that is going to force prices much higher. That is the issue we face at the moment. It is the degree of uncertainty.

Peter McGuire: I am not sure how much further it can go, as far as it depends on the escalation in the conflict between Israel and Iran. OPEC has got its own mind. They would not have been aware of this to play out and the magnitude that it has and the impact that it has. So, every hour that rolls forward is another new lens that you have got to look at the markets with.

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