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Oil Prices Surge Amid Storms and Air Strikes
Confirmed
In Short: Oil prices have surged above $100 a barrel as supply disruptions caused by storms and air strikes continue to threaten global crude markets.
KCM Trade chief analyst Tim Waterer said the storms are an 'unwelcome complication for crude, raising the prospect of production and refining disruptions at a time when the market already has enough supply-side headaches.'
Mukesh Sahdev, chief oil analyst at X Analysts in Sydney, added that attacks and refinery outages are likely to keep prices elevated near the $100 level without any material de-escalation.
A global shortage of fuel oil used by ships and power plants is looming in the third quarter as war-related refinery and shipping disruptions constrain supplies.
Rystad analyst Valerie Panopio said, 'Due to the protracted supply disruption in the Middle East, we expect fuel oil supply to remain critically tight in the third quarter.'
The tightening market threatens to raise costs for shipowners and power generators already contending with disruptions to global energy trade.
Signs of the squeeze are already visible in inventories and prices.
The attacks came as a major shock to Gulf governments, many of which had long assumed they were insulated from direct attacks threatening their territorial security and national unity.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of aircraft from Canada’s Bombardier unless it manufactures planes in the United States.
Bombardier’s American workers are based all around the United States with sites in Kansas, Texas, Arizona, Florida, Connecticut, Illinois, Delaware, California, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey, as well as overall direct employment presence in more than 20 states.
Bombardier aircraft are built with American-made components such as engines, avionics, and many more key systems provided by great American companies.
Significantly, the wings for the world’s fastest business jet are made by American workers at Bombardier’s facility in Red Oak, Texas, while crucial flight control components are made in Bombardier’s Los Angeles, California, area facility.
Bombardier has also announced extensive plans to grow its defense activities as well as its service network and will, later this year, inaugurate a new facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Background
Oil prices above USD 100 a barrel and Treasury yields near 5% are squeezing broader risk appetite, according to traders. The situation in Saudi Arabia, where oil supplies are at risk due to recent attacks, is also adding to the volatility.
What's confirmed
- “Bombardier values its great partnership with American companies and its U.S. employees. Our plan is to continue to invest in our people, our customers, and the communities in which we operate across the country,” it said.
- “I reached out to the Trump administration to make certain the President is aware of the significant contributions of Bombardier to Kansas and the importance of its presence in Wichita to many Kansas workers at Bombardier and in the Bombardier supply chain,” Moran wrote in his post.
- President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the sale of aircraft from Canada’s Bombardier unless it manufactures planes in the United States.
- "Bombardier aircraft create tens of thousands of U.S. jobs through the company’s growing American footprint as well as within its supply chain made up of approximately 2,800 American companies across 47 states. The company spends over $2.5 billion with suppliers each year. This deeply integrated network and incredible growth stem from the company’s heritage in the business jet industry, dating back to the innovations of Learjet in Wichita, Kansas, and the first business jets to enter service."
What's still developing
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