# Oil prices jump $3 on Houthi attacks, oil spill, highest settlement since April By Reuters

> Oil prices settled more than $3 higher on Friday, with Brent at $116.72 and WTI at $103.27, their highest in about six months. The rise followed Houthi attacks across Saudi Arabia, including on energy infrastructure, and an oil spill reported off the UAE coast.

- Date: 2026-10-23 · published 2026-10-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17214-oil-prices-jump-3-on-houthi-attacks-oil-spill-highest-settlement-since-april-by
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure and Gulf shipping raise the risk of further crude and refined-product supply disruption, which feeds through to higher diesel and fuel costs for feed mills, transport and grain drying.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲
- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2026-03-03 | [Oil prices jump nearly 5%, settle at highest since January 2025 on Middle East conflict \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5229-oil-prices-jump-nearly-5-settle-at-highest-since-january-2025-on-middle-east.md) | +24.7% | +51.3% |
| BRENT | 2026-03-20 | [Oil jumps to highest settlement since July 2022 as more Mideast supply disrupted \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6636-oil-jumps-to-highest-settlement-since-july-2022-as-more-mideast-supply.md) | +0.8% | -14.0% |
| BRENT | 2019-09-16 | [Saudi oil attacks push prices up by highest amount since 1988 \| Oil \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5711-saudi-oil-attacks-push-prices-up-by-highest-amount-since-1988-oil-the-guardian.md) | +6.6% | -0.3% |
| BRENT | 2026-07-31 | [Oil prices settle more than 1% higher, log strongest month since March \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18519-oil-prices-settle-more-than-1-higher-log-strongest-month-since-march-reuters.md) | -4.9% | -0.6% |
| BRENT | 2022-03-06 | [Oil price surges to highest since 2008 on delays in Iranian talks \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6283-oil-price-surges-to-highest-since-2008-on-delays-in-iranian-talks-reuters.md) | -4.6% | -13.0% |
| WTI | 2026-03-03 | [Oil prices jump nearly 5%, settle at highest since January 2025 on Middle East conflict \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5229-oil-prices-jump-nearly-5-settle-at-highest-since-january-2025-on-middle-east.md) | +33.1% | +46.3% |
| WTI | 2026-03-20 | [Oil jumps to highest settlement since July 2022 as more Mideast supply disrupted \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6636-oil-jumps-to-highest-settlement-since-july-2022-as-more-mideast-supply.md) | -0.5% | -11.3% |
| WTI | 2019-09-16 | [Saudi oil attacks push prices up by highest amount since 1988 \| Oil \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5711-saudi-oil-attacks-push-prices-up-by-highest-amount-since-1988-oil-the-guardian.md) | +5.8% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- investing.com: https://www.investing.com/news/commodities-news/oil-little-changed-as-supply-concern-lingers-amid-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-4967907

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