Ice Brent crude futures rose in early Asian trading hours following an attack on an administrative building belonging to state-controlled Saudi Aramco.
The Ice front-month December Brent contract was at $106.34/bl at 04:00 GMT, up by 65¢/bl from its settlement on 13 October when it ended 96¢/bl lower.
The Nymex front-month November crude contract was at $94.76/bl, higher by 62¢/bl from its settlement on 13 October when it ended 40¢/bl higher.
An Aramco administrative building in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, was targeted on 13 October but there have been no injuries or fatalities, the Saudi energy ministry said in a post on X, without disclosing further details.
This comes shortly after the Saudi-led military coalition conducted air strikes on oil storage and distribution sites in Yemen. State-owned Yemen Petroleum's al-Sabaha central station, about 10km west of the capital Sana'a, and its Ras Isa facility at the port of Hodeidah were attacked, and two people died at the latter location, according to Houthi-run Al Masirah TV.
US president Donald Trump on 13 October said the US will not import diesel from Russia, seemingly qualifying his initial description of a deal lifting US sanctions on Russian exports of the fuel.
"That diesel deal is not for us, that's being released into the world," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They're not releasing that to us."
Trump on 9 October said he had reached a deal with Russian president Vladimir Putin to enable Moscow to resume exports of Russian diesel to the US and global markets. "It was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace", with further volumes sold later this year, Trump had said.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than half of the 40mn bl of crude it offered from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in September as part of the 172mn bl emergency drawdown authorised in March, sources said.
ExxonMobil, Macquarie, Centalion (formerly Gunvor), TotalEnergies' trading arm ATMI, Trafigura and Energy Transfer Partners were collectively loaned 20mn-25mn bl SPR crude from the latest tranche. ExxonMobil was the largest recipient with around 15mn bl.
None of this was confirmed, and the DOE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ice Brent crude futures rose in early Asian trading hours following an attack on an administrative building belonging to state-controlled Saudi Aramco.
The Ice front-month December Brent contract was at $106.34/bl at 04:00 GMT, up by 65¢/bl from its settlement on 13 October when it ended 96¢/bl lower.
The Nymex front-month November crude contract was at $94.76/bl, higher by 62¢/bl from its settlement on 13 October when it ended 40¢/bl higher.
An Aramco administrative building in Dahran, Saudi Arabia, was targeted on 13 October but there have been no injuries or fatalities, the Saudi energy ministry said in a post on X, without disclosing further details.
This comes shortly after the Saudi-led military coalition conducted air strikes on oil storage and distribution sites in Yemen. State-owned Yemen Petroleum's al-Sabaha central station, about 10km west of the capital Sana'a, and its Ras Isa facility at the port of Hodeidah were attacked, and two people died at the latter location, according to Houthi-run Al Masirah TV.
US president Donald Trump on 13 October said the US will not import diesel from Russia, seemingly qualifying his initial description of a deal lifting US sanctions on Russian exports of the fuel.
"That diesel deal is not for us, that's being released into the world," Trump told reporters at the White House. "They're not releasing that to us."
Trump on 9 October said he had reached a deal with Russian president Vladimir Putin to enable Moscow to resume exports of Russian diesel to the US and global markets. "It was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace", with further volumes sold later this year, Trump had said.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded more than half of the 40mn bl of crude it offered from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) in September as part of the 172mn bl emergency drawdown authorised in March, sources said.
ExxonMobil, Macquarie, Centalion (formerly Gunvor), TotalEnergies' trading arm ATMI, Trafigura and Energy Transfer Partners were collectively loaned 20mn-25mn bl SPR crude from the latest tranche. ExxonMobil was the largest recipient with around 15mn bl.
None of this was confirmed, and the DOE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
By YouLiang Chay