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Singapore – Oil prices rise in Asia on Thursday after Saudi Arabia suspended crude deliveries via the strategic strait of Bab al-Mandab because of Yemeni attacks on Saudi oil tankers.
(Light Sweet Cross) delivered a six hundred August delivery to $ 69.36 in electronic trading in Asia.
Brent crude oil, the North Sea's benchmark crude oil for delivery in September, rose 49 cents to 74.42 Saudi Oil Minister Khalid al-Faleh announced on Wednesday that "all Crude oil shipments are suspended across the strait "Bab al-Mandab is temporary and temporary until it becomes safe. "
Two giant oil tankers belonging to the Saudi national shipping company each transporting 2 million barrels of crude oil were attacked by the Huthi rebels in the Red Sea,
One of the two aircraft carriers was "slightly wounded in the attack without any injuries," the company said in a statement.
Earlier, the Houthi TV station said the rebels were targeting a warship named "Dammam." Without giving more details.
Stephen Anis, an badyst at the Oanda Group, said: "Stress The price of oil pushed Brent higher."
Prices were also affected by data from the Energy Information Administration ( American EIA), which reported that US crude oil reserves fell by 6.1 million barrels during the week. American Institute of Oil .- (AFP)
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