<sod >Brent crude hit $114.69 a barrel â its highest since September â amid the prospect of more turmoil in the region as Sunni Islamist militants closed in on Baghdad and the US threatened military intervention.< eod>< sod > Brent crude soared to $116 a barrel â its highest price since last September â amid the prospect of more turmoil in the region with Sunni Islamist militants closing in on Baghdad and the US threatening military intervention.< eod>