Oil prices rise after the halt of Saudi shipments following the attack

Dubai – Oil prices reached a 10-day high on Thursday after Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company announced that it was temporarily halting crude shipments via a strategic sea lane. Red after Yemeni Shiite rebels attacked two oil companies in the Strait

Futures for Brent, the international oil benchmark, reached $ 74.83 a barrel before falling back to $ 73.99, up 6 cents .

The spike came after Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's oil giant, declared Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, usually carries its oil from fields clustered in the east of the country around the world. from the Arabian Peninsula, then north through the Arabian Peninsula. The Bab El-Mandeb Strait, and across the Red Sea and the Suez Cbad, before crossing the Mediterranean towards Europe.

He can bypbad the strait by moving oil across the country and o Oil tankers in the Yanbu port of the Red Sea, but at a reduced yield.

Attacks on Saudi Ships

Paul Sheldon, chief geopolitical adviser to S & P Global Platts Analytics, said that

"This should boost Med's barrels, and could possibly revive Brent and other grades due to the increased demand for volumes at sea, "he said in a statement

. However, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates do not have this possibility and they did not immediately understand how they would react to the attack of Saudi ships

The Houthis, who are fighting a coalition led by Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni government, internationally recognized, Wednesday attacked Saudi oil tankers with a capacity of 2 million barrels, causing minimal damage to one.

UAE State Minister for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash said on Twitter resume "Targeted attack on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea confirms the need to free Hodeida from Houthi militias Gargash said, whose country is part of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia

. "This systematic attack is a terrorist act that shows the nature and aggression of the Houthis."

Saudi Aramco said on Thursday that there were no injuries or spills and that the closure of the road was a precautionary measure

. The safety of ships and their crews and to avoid the risk of oil spills, Saudi Aramco has temporarily halted all oil shipments across the Bab El-Mandeb Strait with immediate effect, "he said. carefully badesses the situation and will take other measures if prudence so requires. "

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea, only 30 kilometers wide between Yemen and Djibouti After the crisis, the Saudi coalition declared that the rebels "almost caused an environmental disaster", according to the public television channel Al-Ekhbariya

Al-Masirah TV channel stated that their "naval forces have targeted the Saudi battleship Dammam off the west coast."

He then stated that the "battleship" was targeted by a missile and that the rebels were attacking another ship owned by the c 19659002] Associate David Koenig contributed to this report from Dallas

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