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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
Saudi attack tops biggest oil disruption in history

Global Economy

Dan Murtaugh and Alfred Cang
16 September, 2019, 01:55 pm
Last modified: 16 September, 2019, 02:11 pm

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Saudi attack tops biggest oil disruption in history

Global oil prices are feeling the impact of the attack

Dan Murtaugh and Alfred Cang
16 September, 2019, 01:55 pm
Last modified: 16 September, 2019, 02:11 pm
Saudi attack tops biggest oil disruption in history

The record surge in Brent crude futures on Monday only tells part of the story of how the oil market is reacting to a strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility that's removed about 5% of global supplies. Here are five charts that shed more light on the granular impact.

Historical Perspective

Brent futures soared as much as $11.73 a barrel in intraday trading, the biggest increase since the contract launched in 1988. The global benchmark surged as much as 19.48% in percentage terms, the biggest jump since the first Gulf War in 1991.

Scale of Disruption

The estimated 5.7 million barrels a day of lost Saudi production is the single biggest sudden disruption on record. It surpasses the loss of Kuwaiti and Iraqi supply during the Gulf War in August 1990, and the hit to Iranian output in 1979 from the Islamic Revolution, according to the International Energy Agency.

Timing is Everything

Because the loss of oil is sudden, the impact is being felt more heavily in contracts for near-term delivery than further down the curve. The price gap between Brent for delivery this November and December 2020 doubled from $3.57 a barrel at the close of trading Friday to more than $7 on Monday.

Protection Money

The options market shows traders are still nervous that prices will risen even further, and are now paying up to protect against it. Calls on West Texas Intermediate crude futures are pricier than puts for the first time since 2018.

Location, Location, Location

Global oil prices are feeling the impact of the attack more intensely than those in the U.S., where the benchmark is slightly buffered by being delivered to a land-locked oil hub in Oklahoma. Brent's premium to West Texas Intermediate widened as much as 37% to $7.40 a barrel, the biggest gap since July.

Disclaimer: This article first appeared on Bloomberg.com, and is published by special syndication arrangement.

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