{"id":193278,"date":"2026-02-25T16:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193278\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T16:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:35:08","slug":"how-political-issues-impact-the-oil-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/193278\/","title":{"rendered":"How political issues impact the oil industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Recent political tension between the U.S. and Iran is having an impact on the oil industry. <\/p>\n<p>Iran has said it would temporarily block parts the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil export route, causing shockwaves in global oil markets. <\/p>\n<p>The route plays a major role in oil exports for Saudi Arabia, The United Arab Emirates and Iraq. <\/p>\n<p>If the flow of oil in and out of these regions is impacted, the oil industry may see a major shakeup. <\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. in now a net exporter of oil rather than relying on imports, experts say that doesn&#8217;t mean Americans are in the clear. <\/p>\n<p>Vice President and Senior Technical Director for Anacapa Engineering and Design Stuart Heisler joined ARC Bakersfield to break down what this means for oil prices in California. <\/p>\n<p>Heisler says that closing the Strait of Hormuz could cause oil prices to increase across the nation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Recent political tension between the U.S. and Iran is having an impact on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-193278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}