# Oil rises to over $120/bbl after attack on Saudi facilities | Reuters

> Crude prices rose more than 1% to above $120 a barrel on March 25, 2022, after a missile attack hit an Aramco fuel distribution facility in Saudi Arabia. WTI ended 1.4% higher at $113.90, and both benchmarks posted their first weekly gains in three weeks. Kazakhstan's CPC terminal partly resumed exports, and the EU deferred an embargo on Russian energy as members remained divided.

- Date: 2022-03-25 · published 2022-03-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region Middle East · magnitude high
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/9151-oil-rises-to-over-120-bbl-after-attack-on-saudi-facilities-reuters
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md), [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md)

## Why it matters

Attacks on Gulf fuel infrastructure and continued uncertainty over Russian supply keep crude and diesel costs elevated, which pushes up feed milling and transport expenses. Partial CPC resumption and the EU delay limit the upside, but the net price implication is bullish.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bullish ▲
- BRENT: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BRENT | 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) | -0.9% | -9.6% |
| BRENT | 2019-09-16 | [Oil jumps nearly 15% in record trading after attack on Saudi facilities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5704-oil-jumps-nearly-15-in-record-trading-after-attack-on-saudi-facilities.md) | +6.6% | -0.3% |
| BRENT | 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) | +6.6% | -0.3% |
| BRENT | 2022-02-24 | [Oil tops $105/bbl after Russia attacks Ukraine \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42853-oil-tops-105-bbl-after-russia-attacks-ukraine-reuters.md) | +18.2% | +27.0% |
| BRENT | 2019-10-11 | [Oil rises 2% after reports of Iranian tanker attack \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56737-oil-rises-2-after-reports-of-iranian-tanker-attack-reuters.md) | +0.9% | +5.7% |
| 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 jumps nearly 15% in record trading after attack on Saudi facilities](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5704-oil-jumps-nearly-15-in-record-trading-after-attack-on-saudi-facilities.md) | +5.8% | -0.1% |
| 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% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-drops-supply-crunch-fears-ease-trading-costs-rise-2022-03-25/

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