Diesel hits record 6.27 dollars a gallon as Saudi pipeline shutdown bites
U.S. average diesel prices struck a record near six dollars and twenty-seven cents a gallon after a drone attack on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline removed millions of barrels a day from the market. The pain has moved from oil futures to the grocery cart, with the Bank of England warning of added inflation into twenty twenty-seven. This episode traces how a distant strike is reshaping household budgets and central bank decisions worldwide.
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Drone strikes on a twelve-hundred-kilometer Saudi pipeline removed the world's primary oil supply contingency.
The closure of the East-West pipeline and Strait of Hormuz risks four million barrels of daily exports.
Diesel prices hit a record six dollars and twenty-seven cents per gallon in September twenty twenty-six.
Yanbu terminal oil inventories are projected to be completely exhausted within five to seven days.
Rising diesel costs act as a multiplier for inflation across agriculture, construction, and long-haul trucking.
The Bank of England projects a zero point four percentage point increase in long-term global inflation.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Strike on the Desert Arteries2 min
- 03Four Percent of the World's Oil2 min
- 04The Diesel Multiplier2 min
- 05The Inflation Long-Tail2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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