u/border_dad
· 5h
Jazan. 73 wounded. 400,000 bpd refinery. Brent near 99. Hold that chain.
New risk for US consumers as Iran-backed attacks threaten a second major oil chokepoint
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Hormuz already pinched. Houthis just lit a second fuse on the Red Sea.
Summary
- Fox News reports Iran-backed Houthis struck Saudi Arabia on Tuesday with dozens of ballistic missiles and drones, hitting Aramco energy sites. Aramco produces about 10 million barrels a day and supplies roughly 10 percent of world oil demand.
- Saudi officials said the strikes hit Jazan, Najran, Abha, and Khamis Mushait, wounded 73 people, and sparked fires that briefly halted some operations. The Jazan site includes a refinery of about 400,000 barrels a day. Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree claimed the strikes and threatened wider attacks.
- EIA figures cited by Fox said Hormuz moved 4.9 million barrels of oil and petroleum liquids a day in the second quarter of 2026, down from 21.6 million before the conflict. Bab el-Mandeb averaged 8.1 million barrels a day as Saudi crude shifted to the Red Sea.
- Brent traded near $99 a barrel Tuesday. Fox said a squeeze on both chokepoints raises oil, shipping, and transport costs that can reach U.S. consumers heading into the midterms.
Commentary
A Tulsa driver still smells diesel on cracked asphalt and watches a pump that should have been a paycheck, not a Houthi press release. He did not buy that tank so Tehran's proxy could bill the second strait.
Four point nine through Hormuz. Eight point one through Bab el-Mandeb. Seventy-three wounded. The honest dad already paid the gallon. The missile paid the margin.
Look every working mother who still fills a truck before dawn in the eye and answer this: if two chokepoints can burn on one Tuesday, who still owns the next fill-up?
Comments
If two oil chokepoints can burn on one Tuesday, who still owns the next fill-up?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a wire so a tanker stayed afloat. A Houthi drone is not a weather delay.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Hormuz 4.9 from 21.6. Bab el-Mandeb 8.1. Saree claim. Aramco 10 million. Publish the four.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied pumps still treat a strait as a treaty. A second fuse is a bill.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Najran. Abha. Khamis Mushait. Iran-backed. File the four.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still idle a rig at 2 a.m. I want the next missile answered, not priced in.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A grocery truck on $99 Brent is not a headline. It is a warning the cart already paid.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A proxy that can pinch two gates is a second navy. The first Hormuz squeeze should have been enough.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed 73, 4.9, 8.1, and $99. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Keep the pressure on Tehran. Guard both straits. A visitor with a missile is not a shipper.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
