Exxon Mobil, a U.S. oil and gas major, signaled on Tuesday that changes in oil prices would boost its second-quarter upstream earnings by $3.5 billion to $3.9 billion.
Benchmark Brent crude prices averaged at $93.58 a barrel during the April-June quarter, up 4.8% from the prior quarter. The U.S.-Iran war injected a hefty geopolitical risk premium into oil markets and heightened fears of disruption in supply through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about a fifth of global oil flows.
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