# Diesel Fuel Prices Surge Following Drone Attack on Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities

> Diesel futures rose about 10% on Monday after drone attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities, which reportedly took about 50% of the country's production offline. NYMEX October ULSD settled up 20.6 cents, or 11%, at $2.0838 a gallon, a near four-month high. U.S. distillate inventories were about 6% below the five-year average.

- Date: 2019-09-16 · published 2019-09-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region US · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/5987-diesel-fuel-prices-surge-following-drone-attack-on-saudi-arabian-oil-facilities
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Tight distillate stocks plus a supply shock during the harvest period will keep diesel expensive through harvest and into winter. Higher fuel costs raise grain hauling and feed delivery expenses for buyers.

## Read by commodity

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

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-09-16 | [Oil surges as Saudi attack focuses market on supply risks](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5707-oil-surges-as-saudi-attack-focuses-market-on-supply-risks.md) | +5.7% | +4.1% |
| DIESEL | 2019-09-15 | [Oil prices likely to surge at Sunday's opening after a "different" type of Saudi Arabia disruption - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5990-oil-prices-likely-to-surge-at-sunday-s-opening-after-a-different-type-of-saudi.md) | +5.7% | +4.1% |
| DIESEL | 2025-06-13 | [Diesel and crude spike higher on Israel attack, though no Iranian oil facilities impacted - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7757-diesel-and-crude-spike-higher-on-israel-attack-though-no-iranian-oil-facilities.md) | +15.6% | +11.6% |
| DIESEL | 2025-01-17 | [International Diesel Prices Surge After U.S. Sanctions on Russia \| OilPrice.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11455-international-diesel-prices-surge-after-u-s-sanctions-on-russia-oilprice-com.md) | -3.6% | -5.3% |
| DIESEL | 2019-10-01 | [Saudi Arabia crude oil production outage affects global crude oil and gasoline prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/57236-saudi-arabia-crude-oil-production-outage-affects-global-crude-oil-and-gasoline.md) | +0.2% | +3.1% |
| WTI | 2019-09-16 | [Attack On Saudi Oil Facilities Makes Oil Prices Spike : NPR](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6929-attack-on-saudi-oil-facilities-makes-oil-prices-spike-npr.md) | +5.8% | -0.1% |
| WTI | 2021-03-07 | [Oil price rises above $70 after attacks on Saudi oil facilities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48297-oil-price-rises-above-70-after-attacks-on-saudi-oil-facilities.md) | -0.7% | -11.2% |
| WTI | 2019-09-16 | [Oil prices leap as attack on Saudi facility disrupts output \| AP News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6928-oil-prices-leap-as-attack-on-saudi-facility-disrupts-output-ap-news.md) | +5.8% | -0.1% |

## Sources

- dtnpf.com: https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2019/09/16/diesel-fuel-prices-surge-following

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