Oil prices jumped to a five-month high on Thursday after attacks in Saudi Arabia and hits to tankers in the strait of Hormuz threatened further disruptions to the world’s crude supply.
Brent crude, the international benchmark for oil prices, rose by 3% to hit $112 a barrel for first time since 18 May.
Os ataques a navios petroleiros se espalharam recentemente do Estreito de Ormuz para águas próximas ao Iraque, segundo a UKMTO (Operações de Comércio Marítimo do Reino Unido), agência britânica de monitoramento do tráfego marítimo.
De acordo com um alerta emitido pela agência nesta quinta-feira (22), um navio-tanque foi atingido por um projétil não identificado a 30 milhas náuticas a sudeste de Al-Faw, no Iraque, na terça-feira (20).
A tripulação foi considerada segura, e não houve relatos de danos à embarcação.
As águas próximas a Al-Faw são uma rota de navegação fundamental para embarcações que acessam os portos do sul do Iraque e as instalações de exportação de petróleo em alto-mar. A região fica distante do Estreito de Ormuz.
Em um alerta separado, a UKMTO informou que outro petroleiro foi atingido por um projétil não identificado e pegou fogo na terça-feira, em águas próximas a Omã, na entrada oeste do Estreito de Ormuz.
O incêndio foi extinto, e todos os membros da tripulação estão em segurança, segundo a agência.
Os alertas não revelaram os nomes dos petroleiros atingidos nem quem realizou os ataques.
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Capt Farouq turns the wheel as he watches the ferry terminal of Bandar Abbas grow smaller, its bright lights flickering in the distance.
In front of him, the navigation radar beeps periodically, its green and pink lights glowing in the darkness. The ferry, today at about half capacity with roughly 100 passengers, turns and heads into the darkness of the strait of Hormuz.
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