Attacks on Saudi oil fields to send oil prices higher

September 16, 2019

Drone attacks on oil fields in Saudi Arabia over the weekend (Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility) are causing gas and oil prices to spike. Gasoline and heating oil prices shot sharply higher as well. The West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark was up 10 percent on the news.

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