# Market Talk: Oil markets brace for fresh turmoil

https://mins.news/en/video/23974

- Reuters, 2026-08-17 08:39 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H41MxAmJdZA

> Crude opened the week little changed as oil markets prepared for a week heavy with geopolitical risk. President Trump threatened new sanctions on Iran and floated the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, while Wood Mackenzie’s Sushant Gupta offered his analysis.

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