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Saudi Arabia’s civil aviation authority said attacks hit the airports in Jazan and Najran on the evening of October 5.
Three people were wounded, according to Al Jazeera and Turkiye Today.
The authority did not say who was responsible.
Jazan is home to a 400,000 barrel a day Aramco refinery.
Brent rose above $100 on October 7.
Other reports put December Brent at roughly $101.27 to $101.60 during Wednesday trading, according to Qz and IBTimes Australia.
Brent had settled at about $100.32 on Monday, October 5.
Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation said that attacks hit the airports in Jazan and Najran on Monday evening, October 5.
Three people were wounded in the attacks on the two airports near the Yemen border, according to Al Jazeera and Turkiye Today.
The authority did not say who carried out the attacks.
Jazan is home to a 400,000 barrel a day Aramco refinery, according to OilPrice.com.
The Houthis, a Yemen-based group, have claimed other strikes on Saudi targets, but these claims have not been independently verified in the reports.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that flows through the East-West pipeline had recovered to 5.8 million barrels a day.
The minister’s statement countered reports that the pipeline had shut down again, according to OilPrice.com.
Vitol estimates that about 12 million barrels of crude and 2 million barrels of fuels leave the Persian Gulf each day, according to Reuters as cited by OilPrice.com.
Analysts at ING described a tug-of-war between improving regional supply and lingering threats, and said the market will stay nervous about disruptions.
Supertanker rates have been above $1 million a day, with costs also rising for smaller vessels, according to Sparta Commodities as cited by OilPrice.com.
A Gulf storm that threatened US output was another factor in the rebound, according to FX Empire.
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