More than three weeks after US and Israeli strikes on Iran triggered a chain of retaliation across the region, the conflict has now spread across West Asia. What started as a geopolitical escalation is now turning into an economic one, and oil is at the centre of it.

Crude oil prices have again surpassed $100 per barrel as the ripple effects of the Iran-United States-Israel war bite harder on the Gulf region and the

Brent crude has crossed $100 again. With tanker attacks and rising war tensions threatening supply routes, the big question now is how long oil prices will stay this high.