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Shirkika la habari la Marekani - CNN limeripoti kwamba, bei ya mafuta imepaa kufikia $100 kwa pipa moja
Hii ni baada ya Jeshi la Yemen linaloungwa mkono na Iran, Houthis, kutangaza kufunga mlango wa bahari nyekundu , Bab-el-Mandeb, na kutoruhusu meli aina yeyote kuvuka
Hivi karibuni, Jeshi la Houthis lililipua meli mbili kwa makombora ya balistiki na ndege zisizo na rubani kufanya meli zingine kuogopa kupita mlangoni hapo na kulazimika kuzunguka upande wa juu kupitia mfereji wa Suez
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Oil has topped $100 a barrel for the first time since May, as the widening conflict in the Middle East threatens a further squeeze on global supplies.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, jumped more than 6% Thursday to briefly touch $100.14 a barrel, before pulling back just a bit. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, was up almost 5% to $90.98 a barrel.
Fears about global oil supply are resurfacing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted Saudi ships in the Red Sea, threatening to cut off a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.
The kingdom has been sending about 4 million to 5 million barrels of oil via the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb strait, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, according to analysts. That lifeline for the global oil market is now at risk, with the Houthis claiming to have struck two Saudi tankers on Thursday.
Brent has surged by around $27 a barrel this month, a gain of more than a third. It last settled above $100 on May 22, according to FactSet.
“The developments over the past week including the Houthis implementing a naval blockade in the (Bab al-Mandeb), a lack of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as Ukraine’s drone campaign disrupting Kazakh oil flows from Russian export terminals have all pushed Brent crude prices above $100 per barrel,” Hamad Hussein, climate and commodities economist at consultancy Capital Economics told CNN.
“Unless signs of de-escalation across the various conflicts emerge, the risks to oil prices are skewed to the upside.”
Source: CNN
Hii ni baada ya Jeshi la Yemen linaloungwa mkono na Iran, Houthis, kutangaza kufunga mlango wa bahari nyekundu , Bab-el-Mandeb, na kutoruhusu meli aina yeyote kuvuka
Hivi karibuni, Jeshi la Houthis lililipua meli mbili kwa makombora ya balistiki na ndege zisizo na rubani kufanya meli zingine kuogopa kupita mlangoni hapo na kulazimika kuzunguka upande wa juu kupitia mfereji wa Suez
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Oil has topped $100 a barrel for the first time since May, as the widening conflict in the Middle East threatens a further squeeze on global supplies.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, jumped more than 6% Thursday to briefly touch $100.14 a barrel, before pulling back just a bit. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, was up almost 5% to $90.98 a barrel.
Fears about global oil supply are resurfacing after Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeted Saudi ships in the Red Sea, threatening to cut off a crucial escape hatch for Saudi Arabia’s oil exports.
The kingdom has been sending about 4 million to 5 million barrels of oil via the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb strait, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, according to analysts. That lifeline for the global oil market is now at risk, with the Houthis claiming to have struck two Saudi tankers on Thursday.
Brent has surged by around $27 a barrel this month, a gain of more than a third. It last settled above $100 on May 22, according to FactSet.
“The developments over the past week including the Houthis implementing a naval blockade in the (Bab al-Mandeb), a lack of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as Ukraine’s drone campaign disrupting Kazakh oil flows from Russian export terminals have all pushed Brent crude prices above $100 per barrel,” Hamad Hussein, climate and commodities economist at consultancy Capital Economics told CNN.
“Unless signs of de-escalation across the various conflicts emerge, the risks to oil prices are skewed to the upside.”
Source: CNN
