{
  "id": 7948343,
  "title": "Brent crude trades around $105 on reports of Saudi cargoes via Oman",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/brent-crude-trades-around-105-on-reports-of-saudi-cargoes-via-oman",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-17T04:34:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindu BusinessLine",
    "slug": "hindu-businessline",
    "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/commodities/brent-crude-trades-around-105-on-reports-of-saudi-cargoes-via-oman/article71475274.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brent crude futures prices rose to around $105 a barrel on Thursday morning after reports emerged that Saudi Arabia would send crude cargoes through Oman. By 9:33 am on Thursday, the price of Brent oil futures had dipped slightly to $105.75, while WTI crude oil futures fell to $102.32. The US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) weekly petroleum status report revealed that US crude oil inventories fell by 0.6 million barrels to 423.4 million barrels, while gasoline and distillate inventories increased.",
  "summary": "At 9.33 am on Thursday, November Brent oil futures were at $105.75, down by 0.08 per cent, and October crude oil futures on WTI (West Texas Intermediate) were at $102.32, down by 0.11 per cent",
  "key_points": [
    "Brent crude trades around $105 a barrel",
    "Saudi crude cargoes via Oman reported",
    "US crude inventories fell 0.6 million barrels"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The shift in Saudi Arabia's crude cargo routing through Oman has nudged Brent crude futures prices to around $105 a barrel, indicating market sensitivity to supply chain adjustments.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}