Saudi Arabia reportedly boosts spot crude sales after East-West pipeline shutdown
Bloomberg reports that the outage halted cross-country oil flows to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast. The kingdom is increasing spot crude sales from outside the Strait of Hormuz.
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Bloomberg reported on September 16 that Saudi Arabia was ramping up spot crude sales for near-term delivery from outside the Strait of Hormuz after its East-West pipeline shut down, halting cross-country flows to the Red Sea coast. Saxo says the disruption tightened physical oil markets, sending Dated Brent above $130 and diesel above $220.
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