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[^2]\n\nBahri, Saudi Arabia's national shipping company, said on 2026-09-02 that its oil tanker SIDR was involved in a security incident while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on the evening of 2026-08-31. [^3]\n\nBrent crude oil rose by 2.38% to $92.64 per barrel as of 9:49 a.m. EDT following attacks on two supertankers in the Strait of Hormuz. [^4]\n\nOil prices rose by more than 4% on Tuesday after the United States struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sites in southern Iran. [^5]\n\nIran attacked two tankers carrying Saudi oil in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday night, raising fears in oil markets. [^6]\n\nUS Central Command reported on Tuesday that US forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. [^7]\n\nFinancial Times reported on September 1, 2026, that a tanker owned by South Korean shipping firm Janggeum was reportedly struck in the Hormuz Strait on September 31, 2026. [^8]\n\nThe Revolutionary Guards announced that two tankers caught fire after striking mines while attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz outside designated routes. [^9]\n\nKpler data showed each tanker loaded 2 million barrels of Saudi crude at the Juaymah terminal in the week before September 1, 2026. [^10]\n\nOn September 1, 2026, US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran, and oil prices subsequently gained, following the first exchanges of fire since late July 2026. [^11]\n\nMinutes later, the super-tanker (VLCC) Senegal Prosperity, flying the flag of Liberia, was hit by three projectiles of unknown origin approximately 17 nautical miles east of Khasab. 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