<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/energy/news/stories/2025/edhirsinsights.php" dsn="news"><featured>true</featured><top-stories/><pubDate>06/25/2025 04:02:21 PM</pubDate><title>Oil Prices Drop as Markets Signal Calm in Iran, Insight from UH Energy Economist Ed Hirs</title><subtitle/><description>As global tensions ease and crude remains below $70 a barrel, Ed Hirs explains why production is slowing, and why gas prices may stay low through the summer</description><author>Luke Rucker</author><author-email/><author-phone/><image><img src="/energy/_imgs/_news/gaspump.jpg" alt="Prices at the gas pumps remain steady"/></image><categories>Energy Production,Policy &amp; Governance,Resilience</categories></item>