Oil
Crude oil futures climbed over $1 a barrel on Friday amid tanker attacks and a lack of progress on a peace agreement between the Trump administration and Iran's leadership.
Brent crude futures settled at $88.52 a barrel, and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude finished at $82.40 a barrel. For the week, Brent rose 5.9%, while WTI rose 5.4%.
Two vessels from the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company were attacked while transiting the Strait on Thursday, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency said, an incident the UAE government condemned as an Iranian attack.
On Thursday, the US administration said said it could maintain a naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and increase economic pressure on Tehran in response to stalled ceasefire talks.
Gas
Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose last week as hopes faded for a quick reopening of the Strait of Hormuz after the United States threatened an indefinite naval blockade of Iran.
The average LNG price for September delivery into northeast Asia was $21.30 per million British thermal units, up from $21.10 per mmBtu the week before.
Fundamentally, the supply picture hasn't changed, a handful of Gulf cargoes are making it through, but nowhere near enough to matter. Demand across north-east Asia remains soft, and US LNG is doing the heavy lifting on coverage, analysts said.
In Europe, the Dutch TTF gas price settled at $20.61 per mmBtu, posting a weekly gain of 5.1%. European gas market fundamentals are likely to remain strained, challenged by LNG terminal maintenance in France and Norway until September.
This article was supplied by the Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development.