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Ras Tanura refinery strike claim lifts Brent toward $115 as refining stress deepens

David Morales
David MoralesCommodities Analyst
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Published October 28, 20269 min read
Intact refinery towers and storage tanks stand beneath a hazy dawn sky.
A refinery cover reflects the capacity at risk; the reported strike had not been confirmed by Saudi authorities. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

Crude is pricing an escalation the market cannot yet confirm actually happened. Brent front-month jumped to $115.36-115.49, up roughly 1.3-1.4%, and WTI climbed to $101.12-101.41, after Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis claimed a missile strike on Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery, the kingdom's largest at 550,000 barrels per day. The catch, and the reason this repricing is fragile, is that the claim is attributed to the Houthis by the Houthis. Saudi authorities would not immediately confirm the attack when Reuters pressed, which makes this a fresh escalation that trades on a headline rather than a verified event.

Key Takeaways Brent front-month was changing hands near $115.36-115.49, up about 1.…

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