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Global Crude Freight Cost Rises Over Iran Attack On Israel

by Chika Izuora
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Global oil traders are weighing present circumstances in the Middle East after Iran launched attack on Israel.

Although, while that has not immediately impacted oil supplies, it has increased freight costs and boosted oil demand as the global fleet is forced to make longer voyages.

Prices, which already include a risk premium of about $10 a barrel, bbl, are poised to push higher, according to Iman Nasseri, Middle East managing director at consultancy FGE. Prices could add another $2 to $5 a bbl due to concern of further Israeli reprisals or Iranian interference with shipping around the Persian Gulf, he said.

 

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A volatile Middle East is adding a risk premium to a market where robust demand is mixing with a disciplined Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)+ production policy to draw down global stockpiles and push prices higher.

Vitol Group, the world’s largest oil trader said last week that demand growth is likely to outpace most forecasts this year.

Meanwhile, the head of commodities at hedge fund Citadel said he expects oil market to get “extremely tight” later this year.

Energy markets will begin to integrate more seriously the threat of the conflict expanding and a spiral of miscalculations, said, the head of Middle East and North Africa at risk consultant Eurasia Group, Ayham Kamel.

Iran’s attack on Israel marks a distinct escalation in hostilities by bringing the two nations into direct conflict, rather than fighting through proxies.

Iran says its attack in retaliation for the bombing of its embassy in Syria has “concluded” the phase of tit-for-tat aggression, but Israel has reserved the right to strike back.

“Oil prices might spike at the opening, as this is the first time Iran struck Israel from its territory,” said Giovanni Staunovo, an analyst at UBS Group AG.

“How long any bounce will last will also depend on the Israeli response.”

Trading resumes at 6pm New York time on Sunday.

The risk of a direct Iranian attack on Israel was already at least partly priced in benchmark Brent crude, up 17 per cent so far this year, passed $90 a bbl after the strike on Iran’s embassy.

But after Iran’s foreceful response, traders will heighten their focus on flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint for about a fifth of the world’s oil. Tension over potential interruptions there could add to oil’s risk premium with spikes possible in the event of any attacks on tankers.

On Saturday, Iranian forces seized a container ship near the strait they said was linked with Israel.

One of Iran’s allies in the region, Yemen’s Houthis, have already caused havoc in the shipping industry by attacking vessels in the Red Sea.

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