Uncertainty over Saudi oil – ICE Brent prices settled yesterday with a gain of around 15%, the largest one-day price increase in at lea...

Saudi Oil Attacks (Additional Intel)



Uncertainty over Saudi oil – ICE Brent prices settled yesterday with a gain of around 15%, the largest one-day price increase in at least two decades, after Saudi Arabia reported a supply loss of nearly 5.7MMbbls/d. Saudi Aramco is still reported to be assessing the damage on the plants; however, a quick restoration of full capacity can probably be ruled out. The latest market reports suggest that the company may restore some of the capacity quickly (within a matter of days) but a significant part of the impacted capacity could take weeks or even months to repair and restore completely. Saudi Arabia said that it will use existing inventories to fill the supply gap; however, as we discussed earlier, inventories have already been depleted this year due to output cuts and the supply gap could be overwhelming if the current output disruptions are prolonged.

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