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Oil prices leap amid worries about crude market due to Middle East conflict | Globalnews.ca

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The price of a barrel of West Texas intermediate — the benchmark U.S. crude — jumped close to seven per cent on Friday morning to around US$72.65 .

Brent crude, the international standard, was also up around 7 per cent to US$ 74.30 for a barrel.

Iran is one of the world’s major producers of oil, though sanctions by western countries have limited its sales.

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