Closure of Strait of Hormuz triggers oil crisis
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- per barrel following
- $111
- energy infrastructure worth
- $58 billion
- has contracted
- 8.6%
- has plummeted
- 10%
West Asia faces severe economic turmoil as Brent crude prices surge to $111 per barrel following a drone strike on the UAE’s Barakah Nuclear Power Plant. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has devastated energy infrastructure worth $58 billion, leading to the UAE's exit from OPEC. Qatar's economy has contracted by 8.6%, and Dubai's tourism occupancy has plummeted to 10%.
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