Brent cracks $70 after Saudi facilities attacked
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8 Mar 2021 at 10:27
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The Total Culzean platform is pictured on the North Sea, about 70 kilometres east of the Aberdeen, Europe's self-proclaimed oil capital on Scotland's northeast coast, on April 8, 2019. (AFP file photo)
SINGAPORE: Brent crude futures jumped above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began, while US crude touched its highest in more than two years, following reports of attacks on Saudi Arabian oil facilities.
Brent crude futures for May hit $71.38 a barrel in early Asian trade, the highest since Jan 8, 2020, and were at $71.11 a barrel by 0255 GMT, up $1.75, or 2.5%.