在也门胡塞武装连续第二天袭击利雅得之后，油价因担心中东冲突扩大而飙升。导弹袭击了首都机场，造成至少三人死亡。与此同时，伊朗加快了对穿越霍尔木兹海峡船只的袭击步伐。
Oil prices surged on fears of the Middle East conflict expanding, after Yemen’s Houthis attacked Riyadh for a second day. The missile strikes, which hit the capital’s airport and left at least three dead, come as Iran upped the pace of its attacks on vessels crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Oil exports from the Gulf last month briefly topped prewar levels, but there remains a major shortfall of refined products: Diesel prices in Europe rose 8% on Wednesday.
上个月，海湾地区的石油出口曾短暂超过战前水平，但成品油仍存在严重短缺：周三，欧洲柴油价格上涨了8%。即使是国际能源署本周宣布的储备释放，最初也被夸大了：摩根大通分析师表示，就目前而言，各国政府更多是受制于使用这些储备的意愿，而非储备的总体规模。
Even the release of stockpiles announced this week by the International Energy Agency was initially overstated: JP Morgan analysts said governments were, for now, more constrained by their willingness to use those stores than their overall size. — Prashant Rao