Two Oil Tankers Are Hit by Projectiles in Hormuz as Brent Reclaims $90
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 1
Two Oil Tankers Are Hit by Projectiles in Hormuz as Brent Reclaims $90
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 1
Summary
Two tankers were struck within minutes of each other Monday off Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, including a Saudi Aramco-owned crude carrier and a Liberian-flagged supertanker operated by South Korea’s Sinokor.
Marisks said one vessel was hit by unknown projectiles about 16 nautical miles off Oman, while the second was struck by three projectiles in the same area.
The U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center confirmed an incident at that location and said no casualties or environmental damage were reported.
Marisks called the threat to commercial shipping in the strait high and increasingly unpredictable, saying vessels linked to the United States, its allies and Saudi Arabia face elevated risk.
Oil prices rose more than 2% Tuesday after the attacks and after fresh U.S.-Iran strikes on Monday pushed the global crude benchmark back above $90 a barrel.