由于有报道称白宫已要求五角大楼制定针对伊朗的空袭方案以便在中期选举前实施，加之风暴导致部分美国原油产量关闭，国际油价小幅走高。
Oil edged higher after a report that the White House asked the Pentagon to draw up strike options against Iran that could be executed before the midterm elections, and as a storm shut some US output.
美国西德克萨斯中质原油（WTI）向每桶89美元靠拢，布伦特原油收于100美元附近。《大西洋月刊》的这篇报道援引了两位政府官员的话，这与人们普遍认为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普在下个月大选前不会升级与德黑兰冲突的假设相悖。
West Texas Intermediate gained toward $89 a barrel, while Brent closed near $100. The report in The Atlantic cited two administration officials, and runs counter to a widespread assumption that President Donald Trump would hold off on escalating the conflict with Tehran before the polls next month.
与此同时，据美国海洋矿产管理局的数据，为应对热带风暴“伊斯亚斯”，墨西哥湾的石油生产商已关闭了超过每天51万桶的原油产量，这约占该地区产量的四分之一。
Meanwhile, oil producers in the Gulf of Mexico have shut in more than 510,000 barrels a day of crude production in response to Tropical Storm Isaias, according to figures from the Marine Minerals Administration. That is the equivalent of about a quarter of output in the region.
今年以来，由于美伊冲突扰乱了石油出口、耗尽了全球能源库存并加剧了通货膨胀，原油价格大幅飙升。尽管近几周中东地区的石油流量有所增加，但针对船只的袭击事件也激增，其中包括对卡塔尔附近水域一艘油轮的袭击，并造成了人员伤亡。
Crude has rallied sharply this year as the US-Iran conflict roiled exports, draining global energy inventories and fueling a pickup in inflation. While flows from the Middle East have expanded in recent weeks, there has also been a surge in vessel attacks, including a strike on a tanker in the waters off Qatar, with casualties reported.
在该地区的其他地方，伊朗支持的胡塞武装袭击了沙特阿拉伯的目标，引发了利雅得领导的联军对也门境内目标的猛烈空袭。
Elsewhere in the region, Iranian-backed Houthis hit targets in Saudi Arabia, prompting a wave of strikes by the Riyadh-led coalition against sites in Yemen. Energy Daily