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  "id": 7473865,
  "title": "Oil climbs as Saudi pipeline outage, fresh attacks heighten supply concerns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/oil-climbs-as-saudi-pipeline-outage-fresh-attacks-heighten-supply",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-15T04:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
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    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/oil-climbs-as-saudi-pipeline-outage-fresh-attacks-heighten-supply-concerns/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Oil prices have climbed on Tuesday as concerns over supply disruptions persist following attacks on Saudi Arabian energy infrastructure. The East-West pipeline, which allows oil exports to bypass the blockaded Strait of Hormuz, has been offline since attacks by Iran-backed Houthi forces in Yemen. This has raised doubts about efforts to ease shipping risks in the Gulf, with Brent crude futures rising $1.37, or 1.3%, to $107.05 a barrel, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures up $1.53, or 1.51%, at $102.92 a barrel. Analysts are treating each fresh attack or infrastructure hit as incremental supply risk, and the Strait of Hormuz vessel traffic has dropped to fewer than 10 transits a day, down from a 10-day average of 14.",
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        "published": "2026-09-14T15:27:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Iran nuclear chief blocked from Vienna meeting after US pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/iran-nuclear-chief-blocked-from-vienna-meeting-after-us-pressure",
        "published": "2026-09-14T16:35:38.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al-Monitor",
        "title": "Saudi pipeline shutdown exposes shrinking global oil-supply buffers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/saudi-pipeline-shutdown-exposes-shrinking-global-oil-supply-buffers",
        "published": "2026-09-14T16:37:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Attack on Saudi Arabian pipeline may cut four percent of world's oil supply",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/attack-on-saudi-arabian-pipeline-may-cut-four-percent-of-worlds-oil",
        "published": "2026-09-14T17:03:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Vibes",
        "title": "Oil tops US$106 as Saudi pipeline outage fuels global supply fears",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/oil-tops-us-106-as-saudi-pipeline-outage-fuels-global-supply-fears",
        "published": "2026-09-15T01:15:00.000Z"
      }
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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."
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