U.S. oil prices soar 10% in the week on fears of U.S.-Iran conflict
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil futures rose about 1% on Friday, with U.S. crude up 10% and global benchmark Brent gaining 5% in the week, on fears the United States could attack Iran and disrupt flows from the Middle East, which provides more than a fifth of the world's oil output. U.S. gasoline futures, meanwhile, jumped 4% following a massive fire at Philadelphia Energy Solutions' refinery in Philadelphia, the largest on the U.S. East Coast. "The heightening of tensions between the United States..