Siebert Financial sees risks to Saudi export route threatening higher oil prices

• Threats to Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea export infrastructure could push oil higher, undermining a critical alternative to the disrupted Strait of Hormuz.
• Yanbu’s practical loading capacity limits exports to about 4 million barrels daily, below the East-West Pipeline’s 7 million-barrel capacity.
• Houthi claims of attacks on Yanbu raised supply concerns, but neither Saudi Arabia nor Aramco confirmed damage there.
• Brent settled at $109.55 per barrel as renewed Saudi supply risks curbed selling prompted partly by eased restrictions on Russian energy exports.
• Sustained high oil prices threaten airline margins and complicate the Federal Reserve’s inflation outlook, while potentially supporting investment in domestic energy production.

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