Saudi Pipeline Could Help Trump Buy Time and Try to End War, Opinion's Blas Says

We have swarm of drones heading to Saudi oil fields. It doesn't take a lot to create an explosion and to lose that significant chunk of infrastructure. Middle Eastern oil infrastructure is under direct kinetic threat, putting massive volumes of global supply at risk of permanent destruction. Western oil majors with heavy domestic (Permian) and non-Middle Eastern production will capture massive margin expansion from spiking global crude prices, while remaining insulated from the physical geopolitical risks threatening assets in the Persian Gulf. LONG US-based oil majors to benefit from higher commodity prices and a geopolitical flight to safety in energy production. A sudden diplomatic resolution reopens the Strait of Hormuz, flooding the market with the trapped 20 million barrels a day and compressing energy equity margins.

We have lost already 20 million barrels a day of oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz. If we are losing actual production capacity for good because it has been damaged, well then prices need to go a lot higher. The market is currently relying on temporary fixes like alternative pipelines and G7 strategic reserve releases. However, these measures cannot mathematically replace a 20 million barrel per day deficit. If Iran successfully damages Saudi infrastructure with its drone swarms, the supply shock transitions from a temporary logistical bottleneck to a permanent structural deficit, forcing crude prices violently upward. LONG crude oil via USO to capture the massive supply shock and escalating geopolitical risk premium. The conflict ends quickly without permanent infrastructure damage, or the G7 coordinates an overwhelmingly massive release of strategic reserves that temporarily crushes near-term prices.