Oil prices rise as attack on Saudi refinery reignites supply concerns - The Express Tribune
Brent crude futures rise $1.48, or 1.3%, to $115.36 a barrel
Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an attack on a refinery in Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest crude exporter, renewed concerns around the risks to supply in the Middle East stemming from the conflict with Iran and its proxies.
Brent crude futures rose $1.48, or 1.3%, to $115.36 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude rose $1.22, or 1.22%, to $101.12.
Yemen's Houthis said on Tuesday they had hit Saudi Arabia's biggest oil refinery with a missile, intensifying their strikes against the world's second-largest crude producer. Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the strike on the 550,000-barrel-per-day facility.
Prices were swinging back after dropping nearly $2 on Tuesday as talks in the Middle East helped ease supply worries.
That was despite data expected to show a rise in crude inventories in the US. Crude oil stockpiles rose by about 15,000 barrels in the week ended October 23, according to a poll of eight analysts by Reuters.
The OPEC+ oil-producing countries are expected to keep their December oil output targets steady on Sunday, three people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in line with market expectations.
Production in most of the seven core OPEC+ members — Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Algeria, Kazakhstan and Oman — is below their output targets.
Crude oil exports from Russia's Baltic and Black Sea ports could fall next month as domestic refiners increase diesel output following a deal with Washington this month, traders said.
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