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CENTCOM commander Cooper reportedly chaired a closed-door meeting in Germany with US, Israeli, and Arab military officials on Iran and Hormuz. Saudi pipeline damage has led Aramco to cancel European September cargo; Yanbu loadings are paused. Brent near $108/bbl; Dated Brent around $122/bbl. The CBO puts Iran operation costs at around $38B through Aug 1, with disruption flagged to push US PCE higher into 2027. Will pressure on Hormuz, the Red Sea, and Saudi bypass routes drive oil higher?
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Yemen's Houthi armed forces issued a statement today (September 16th), denying Saudi Arabia's accusation that it threatened the holy city of Mecca, saying that Houthi's action targets are Saudi oil facilities and military bases, which are far from the religious sites in Saudi Arabia. The statement also said that Houthi "will not pose a threat to the Holy City".#本周FOMC揭晓，加息能否落地？
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#MidEastRiskDrivesOilUp Brent near $108. Dated Brent around $122. CENTCOM quietly chaired a closed-door meeting in Germany with US, Israeli, and Arab military officials 🚨
Aramco has cancelled European September cargo. Yanbu loadings paused. The Saudi pipeline damage isn't just a supply disruption — it's starting to affect contracted deliveries 📉
The CBO puts Iran operation costs at ~$38B through August 1. And the disruption is now flagged to push US PCE higher into 2027. This isn't a short-term oil spike story anymore — it's being modeled as a multi-year inflation input 🫠
Hormuz under pressure. Red Sea compromised. Saudi bypass route offline. Three simultaneous chokepoints is not a tail risk scenario — it's the current situation 👀
$108 Brent with Dated at $122, and CBO saying PCE gets pushed higher into 2027 — does this force the Fed into a September hike regardless of what the jobs data says? 👇
#SaudiOilPipelineDamaged The oil risk is no longer just about Hormuz 👀
Saudi Arabia's key bypass pipeline is reportedly offline for weeks after the Sept 10 strike. It recently carried 2.6M to 4.0M barrels a day, while Yanbu stocks may cover only 5 to 7 days of exports.
What caught my attention is the second chokepoint.
With Houthi activity now raising risk near Bab-el-Mandeb too, disruption is spreading from one route to the alternatives meant to protect against it.
Reports of damage to a Saudi oil pipeline put supply risks back in focus, especially because Saudi Arabia remains such an important player in global energy markets.
Personally, I’d be watching how quickly operations can normalize rather than reacting only to the headline. If the disruption is limited, the market impact may fade quickly. But if supply is affected for longer, oil prices and inflation expectations could become more sensitive.
For me, this is another reminder that oil isn’t driven only by supply and demand geopolitical risk can change the picture overnight.
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Yemen's Houthi armed forces issued a statement today (September 16th), denying Saudi Arabia's accusation that it threatened the holy city of Mecca, saying that Houthi's action targets are Saudi oil facilities and military bases, which are far from the religious sites in Saudi Arabia. The statement also said that Houthi "will not pose a threat to the Holy City".#FOMCRateCallThisWeek #MidEastRiskDrivesOilUp #StrategicBTCBillHearing
Crypto’s next catalyst may be sitting in an oil barrel.
Brent jumped 3% to $108, the dollar index gained ~0.6%, and markets now price roughly a 90% chance of a Fed hike as Middle East tensions revive inflation fears. BTC still edged higher near $77.8K.
Energy ↑ → inflation risk ↑ → rates ↑.
That chain is now the market’s pressure point.
#SaudiOilPipelineDamaged Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline remains offline after a drone strike, with repairs expected to take several weeks. The pipeline is a crucial alternative route that moves crude toward Yanbu on the Red Sea when shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is restricted. Recent estimates suggest it handled between 2.6 million and 4 million barrels per day, while Yanbu inventories may cover only several days of exports.
The risk has increased after Houthi forces seized strategic islands near the Bab-el-Mandeb shipping route. If Saudi Arabia cannot restore pipeline capacity quickly, affected exports could represent a meaningful share of global supply. Oil prices above $100 are already increasing inflation expectations and transportation costs. The most important variables now are repair timing, Saudi inventory levels and whether alternative routes can operate safely. A temporary outage is manageable; a prolonged outage could become a global supply shock.
🚨 $BTC POD PRESJĄ, GDY CENA ROPY PRZEKRACZA 107$
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⛽️ Today’s oil/gas news:
— Brent ~$108, WTI ~$104-105 on Saudi supply fears
— Saudi East-West pipeline still shut; repairs may take weeks
— Oil loadings suspended at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia’s main Red Sea port
— No Red Sea Saudi crude exports since Saturday
— Houthis seize Red Sea islands and attack Saudi airbase
— US diesel hits record $6.27 a gallon
— Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s top diesel refineries
— China’s yuan crude futures at a record
— Goldman: oil could reach $120 if fighting escalates
— Aramco delaying/canceling some late-September European cargoes
— Costco starts rationing motor oil as prices spike
Oil is pushing back toward $108 as the Middle East supply squeeze gets uglier.
Brent climbed nearly 2% after Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline remained offline following attacks on the kingdom’s energy infrastructure.
The pipeline had been rerouting around 4 million barrels a day, roughly 4% of global supply, to the Red Sea and around the blockaded Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, commodity traffic through Hormuz dropped to just 4 vessels on yesterday, down from 10 the day before, as fresh Houthi attacks added another layer of risk.
Traders are staring at two of the Gulf’s biggest escape routes and neither one looks particularly healthy.
Source: Reuters / Writer: Julie
