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Oil price surges above $71 after Saudi crude terminal attacked

by SAT Reporter
March 8, 2021
in Business, International news, Just In
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Oil price surges above $71 after Saudi crude terminal attacked

A worker pours liquid oil into a barrel at the delayed coker unit of the Duna oil refinery operated by MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, on Tuesday, July 9, 2013. Hungary refiner Mol may take part in oil exploration in Montenegro after country calls tender in July, daily Magyar Hirlap says. Photographer: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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LONDON, (The Southern African Times) – Brent oil surged above $71 a barrel after Saudi Arabia said the world’s largest crude terminal was attacked, although output appeared to be unaffected after the missiles and drones were intercepted.

Futures in London jumped as much as 2.9% to the highest since January 2020 before easing slightly. The kingdom said a storage tank at Ras Tanura in the country’s Gulf coast was targeted on Sunday by a drone from the sea.

The terminal is capable of exporting roughly 6.5 million barrels a day – nearly 7% of oil demand – and, as such, is one of the world’s most protected facilities.

The assault follows a recent escalation of hostilities in the Middle East region after Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched a series of attacks on Saudi Arabia. The new US administration has also carried out airstrikes in Syria last month on sites it said were connected with Iran-backed groups.

Oil’s rally accelerated last week after Saudi Arabia and OPEC+ made a surprise pledge to keep output steady in April. The move prompted a raft of investment banks to raise their price forecasts, with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. estimating global benchmark Brent will top $80 a barrel in the third quarter.

The broader market is also being supported by bullish Chinese export data and the outlook for US stimulus. President Joe Biden is on the cusp of his first legislative win with the House ready to pass his $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief plan, the second-biggest economic stimulus in American history.

“It’s a perfect mix of bullish news at the moment,” said Warren Patterson, head of commodities strategy at ING Bank NV in Singapore. “It does seem that these attacks are picking up in frequency, so the market may need to price in some risk premium.”

Prices

  • Brent for May settlement gained 2.1% to $70.80 a barrel on the ICE Futures Europe exchange at 1:48 p.m. Singapore time after climbing as high as $71.38 earlier.
  • West Texas Intermediate for April delivery added 2% to $67.43 on the New York Mercantile Exchange after surging 3.5% in the previous session.

Brent’s prompt time spread at 71 cents a barrel in backwardation, a bullish market structure where the front-month contract trades higher than later shipments. It averaged 58 cents in backwardation last week.

The Sunday attack is the most serious against Saudi oil installations since a key processing facility and two oil fields came under fire in September 2019, cutting oil production for several days and exposing the vulnerability of the Saudi petroleum industry.

That assault was claimed by the Houthi rebels, although Riyadh pointed the finger at Iran.

(Sourced from Bloomberg and Reuters)

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