Brazilian oil production and exports have hit record highs this year, largely due to increased demand from China as the US-Iran war continues to reshape global trade and geopolitical relationships.

Oil prices rose Tuesday on worries over escalating Mideast tensions after the U.S. and Iran traded strikes over the weekend.

Attacks on energy-sector facilities in southern Saudi Arabia temporarily halted some operations.

Oil is creeping back toward $100 a barrel, fueling a Labor Day record for US gas prices over the long weekend.

The moves higher in retail fuel prices come as crude oil prices keep climbing. After surpassing $97 per barrel Thursday morning, international oil benchmark Brent was now up almost 10% since the beginning of the week.

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Oil trading is becoming more accessible to individual investors as smaller futures contracts, ETFs and online brokerages lower longtime barriers to the market.

Trump says victory over Iran will bring cheap gas fast, right as Houthi strikes expose a harder path to an oil peace dividend.