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Oil prices surge and tanker rates hit record highs amid escalating Middle East tensions

⚡ Markets: Direct inflationary pressure on the global economy through higher energy and transportation costs. Bullish for energy producers and tanker operators; bearish for energy-intensive industries and consumer discretionary spending.BrentWTIdiesel futurestanker stocks

Global oil and fuel prices have risen sharply, with Brent crude exceeding $105/barrel and US diesel prices hitting a record high over $6/gallon. The surge is driven by Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandab strait, attacks on Saudi infrastructure, and broader US-Iran conflict, causing supertanker charter rates to soar to near-record levels of $800,000 per day.

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Financial pressOilPrice — Supertanker Rates Hit $800,000 a Day as Gulf Tensions Escalate
West RightZeroHedge — Mideast Chaos Sends Supertanker Rates Soaring To Near Record $1 Million A Day
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Financial pressBloomberg — Watch Jeff Currie on ‘Dangerous Phase’ of Commodities Rally, $5 Gasoline
Financial pressCNBC — U.S. diesel price tops $6 per gallon, a record high as Ukraine and Iran wars ripple through economy
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West RightZeroHedge — Piper Sandler Sounds Alarm: Shrinking Oil Buffers To Collide With Winter Demand
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