# Oil soars 3% to 7-yr highs on Ukraine jitters, tight supplies

> Oil rose 3% to seven-year highs on February 11 as fears of a Russian invasion of Ukraine added to concerns over tight global crude supplies. Washington warned that Russia had massed enough troops for a major invasion.

- Date: 2022-02-12 · published 2022-02-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/42873-oil-soars-3-to-7-yr-highs-on-ukraine-jitters-tight-supplies
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Rising crude lifts diesel and fertilizer costs and supports vegetable oil and biofuel-linked feedstock prices, raising feed input costs.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 2022-01-19 | [Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43294-oil-rises-to-7-year-high-as-turkey-outage-adds-to-tight-supply-outlook.md) | +0.8% | +8.7% |
| BRENT | 2022-02-22 | [Oil settles near 2014 high on Russia-Ukraine escalation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42857-oil-settles-near-2014-high-on-russia-ukraine-escalation-reuters.md) | +6.1% | +23.6% |
| BRENT | 2026-05-17 | [Oil prices rise 3% to two-week high on Iran war supply concerns \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19430-oil-prices-rise-3-to-two-week-high-on-iran-war-supply-concerns-reuters.md) | -5.7% | -24.9% |
| BRENT | 2022-03-04 | [Oil jumps 7% as Ukraine conflict offsets Iran supply hopes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6284-oil-jumps-7-as-ukraine-conflict-offsets-iran-supply-hopes.md) | -0.9% | -4.7% |
| BRENT | 2024-03-19 | [Oil rises to multi-month highs on Russian supply concerns](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31370-oil-rises-to-multi-month-highs-on-russian-supply-concerns.md) | -0.2% | +4.6% |
| WTI | 2022-01-19 | [Oil rises to 7-year high as Turkey outage adds to tight supply outlook](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43294-oil-rises-to-7-year-high-as-turkey-outage-adds-to-tight-supply-outlook.md) | +1.0% | +7.8% |
| WTI | 2022-02-22 | [Oil settles near 2014 high on Russia-Ukraine escalation \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42857-oil-settles-near-2014-high-on-russia-ukraine-escalation-reuters.md) | +5.3% | +23.0% |
| WTI | 2026-05-17 | [Oil prices rise 3% to two-week high on Iran war supply concerns \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19430-oil-prices-rise-3-to-two-week-high-on-iran-war-supply-concerns-reuters.md) | -8.1% | -22.7% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/oil-prices-slip-hot-us-inflation-concerns-2022-02-11/

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