U.S. Destroys 5 Iranian Tankers as Oil Hits $100 After Jordan Missile Attack
Updated
Updated · OilPrice.com · Sep 9
U.S. Destroys 5 Iranian Tankers as Oil Hits $100 After Jordan Missile Attack
3 articles · Updated · OilPrice.com · Sep 9
Summary
$100 oil briefly returned early Wednesday after U.S. forces destroyed five more Iranian crude tankers and Iran fired 20 ballistic missiles toward U.S. forces in Jordan.
CENTCOM said the tanker strikes answered an IRGC ballistic-missile attack on a U.S. Navy warship; four vessels were hit in the Gulf of Oman and one near Kharg Island.
Jordan said it intercepted 18 missiles and the other two landed in unpopulated areas, leaving no casualties, while Iran's claims of hits on al-Azraq Air Base and two U.S. vessels were unverified.
Brent later eased to $99.89 and WTI to $94.54, still nearly $2 higher on the session as traders weighed the loss of Iranian shipping capacity and fresh threats to regional energy infrastructure.
The latest escalation follows U.S. strikes on three other Iranian tankers over the weekend and Houthi attacks that forced Saudi Arabia to halt operations at several energy sites.