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  "id": 7307852,
  "title": "First Thing: Oil prices surge as attacks on Saudi Arabia stoke supply fears",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/first-thing-oil-prices-surge-as-attacks-on-saudi-arabia-stoke-supply",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T11:29:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/first-thing-oil-prices-surge-houthi-attack-saudi-arabia-supply-fears"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Good morning. Oil prices have surged above $108 a barrel following drone attacks from Iraq that forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline. Saudi traders warned the kingdom would run out of export oil stocks if it failed to reopen the pipeline within days. Gas prices also rose. Energy prices have climbed this year as the US-Israel war with Iran has disrupted supply across the Middle East. The attack came as Iran-aligned Houthi forces in Yemen launched assaults against Saudi Arabia and seized the strategic island of Perim in the Bab al-Mandab strait, expanding their control of the waterway. The strike on the kingdom's pipeline could impact 4% of global oil supply. Riyadh has ramped up use of the 745-mile pipeline since the start of the Iran war to bypass the Hormuz strait's closure, rerouting about 4 million barrels a day – around 4% of global supply. With the pipeline offline, the Red Sea port of Yanbu has stocks to sustain exports for just five to seven days.",
  "summary": "Strike on kingdom’s east-west pipeline could affect 4% of global oil supply. Plus, report reveals British monarchy’s role in financing slave trade Good morning. Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks from Iraq’s territory forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline. Saudi traders said the kingdom would run out of oil stocks for export if it did…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Brent Crude Soars Past 107 As Strait Of Hormuz Risks Mount, Saudi Supply Shock Fuels Oil Rally",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/brent-crude-soars-past-107-as-strait-of-hormuz-risks-mount-saudi",
        "published": "2026-09-14T04:49:47.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Dawn Business",
        "title": "Oil prices up nearly 3pc, with brent crude above $107 following new strikes on Saudi Arabia, Strait of Hormuz",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/oil-prices-up-nearly-3pc-with-brent-crude-above-107-following-new",
        "published": "2026-09-14T09:05:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Saudi Gazette",
        "title": "Saudi Arabia launches first internationally accredited guide for vulture feeding stations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/saudi-arabia-launches-first-internationally-accredited-guide-for",
        "published": "2026-09-14T10:23:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Oil prices continue surge, rising 3pct amid Saudi pipeline outage after attack",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/oil-prices-continue-surge-rising-3pct-amid-saudi-pipeline-outage",
        "published": "2026-09-14T12:38:11.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Why Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline matters for global oil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/why-saudi-arabias-east-west-pipeline-matters-for-global-oil",
        "published": "2026-09-14T13:15:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PBS NewsHour",
        "title": "Saudi oil pipeline hit in strikes will be mostly out of service for several weeks",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/saudi-oil-pipeline-hit-in-strikes-will-be-mostly-out-of-service-for",
        "published": "2026-09-14T13:33:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}