Oil prices surge after terrorist attack on Aramco’s facilities; Brent up 10%

16/09/2019 Argaam

 

Oil prices surged on Monday following the terrorist attacks on Saudi Aramco’s facilities on Saturday.

 

Brent crude neared $72 per barrel (over 19% increase) before it settled at a 10 percent rise to $66.67 per barrel.

 

Nymex crude reported an all-time high at $63.34 per barrel (up 16 percent), to settle afterwards at $59.84 per barrel (a 9 percent rise).

 

Drone attacks sparked fires at two Saudi Aramco oil facilities in Abqaiq and Hijrat Khurais at 4am on Saturday, Sept. 14, Argaam reported.

 

After a temporary production halt, the company’s crude oil supply was estimated to drop by around 5.7 million barrels per day or about 50 percent of its output.

 

Brent Crude’s Highest Daily Gains Ever

Date

Closing ($)

Daily variation

Major events

Aug. 6, 1990

26.78

+14.05 %

UN Security Council’s sanctions on Iraq

March 23, 1998

15.04

+13.77 %

OPEC’s decision to cut output

Jan. 7, 1991

26.79

+13.71 %

Gulf War escalation

Jan. 14, 1991

29.17

+13.63 %

Dec. 31, 2008

45.59

+13.55 %

OPEC’s decision to cut output

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