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Brent jumps past $70 for first time since pandemic began after Saudi facilities attacked

2021 03 08T004301Z 1 LYNXMPEH2700X RTROPTP 4 GLOBAL OIL - Global Banking | Finance

By Florence Tan

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Brent crude futures surged above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, while U.S. crude touched its highest in more than two years, following reports of attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities.

Brent crude futures for May hit $71.38 a barrel in early Asian trade, the highest since Jan. 8, 2020, and were at $71.11 a barrel by 0255 GMT, up $1.75, or 2.5%.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for April rose $1.60, or 2.4%, to $67.69. The front-month WTI price touched $67.98 a barrel earlier, the highest since October 2018.

(Graphic: Brent crude tops $70, WTI hits 2-year highs after reports of attacks on Saudi Arabian facilities: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/qmyvmwzemvr/BrentvsWTI.png)

Asian stocks also rose after the U.S. Senate approved a $1.9 trillion stimulus bill while positive economic data from the United States and China bode well for a global economic rebound.

Yemen’s Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on Sunday, including a Saudi Aramco facility at Ras Tanura vital to petroleum exports, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy security.

“We could see further upside in the market in the near-term, particularly as the market probably now needs to be pricing in some sort of risk premium, with these attacks picking up in frequency,” ING analysts said in a report, noting that this was the second attack this month following an incident in Jeddah on March 4.

(Graphic: Brent crude oil prices top $70/barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began:https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/bdwpknxbwvm/BrentCurveMar82021.png)

(Graphic: Brent crude oil prices top $70/barrel for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began:https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/ce/bdwpknxbwvm/BrentCurveMar82021.png)

Brent and WTI prices are up for the fourth consecutive session after OPEC and its allies decided to keep production cuts largely unchanged in April.

Despite fast-rising crude prices, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister has voiced doubts on demand recovery.

“The decision to keep quotas unchanged signals the group’s intent to drawdown inventories further, without concern of overtightening the market,” ANZ analysts said in a note.

“It also suggests they see little threat from rising output elsewhere.”

However, the energy minister in the world’s third-largest crude importer, India, said higher prices could threaten the consumption led-recovery in some countries.

Higher prices have also encouraged U.S. energy firms to add oil and natural gas rigs for a second week in a row, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said on Friday.

(Reporting by Florence Tan; Editing by Kenneth Maxwell and Muralikumar Anantharaman)

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