Brent crude moved back above $100 a barrel on October 7.
Attacks hit two airports in southern Saudi Arabia on October 5.
Three people were wounded, according to Al Jazeera.
Saudi Arabia says the East-West pipeline is carrying 5.8 million barrels a day.
Analysts say the market will stay nervous about disruptions.
The Houthis, a Yemen-based group, have claimed other strikes on Saudi targets, but these claims have not been independently verified in the reports.
Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said that flows through the East-West pipeline had recovered to 5.8 million barrels a day.
The minister’s statement countered reports that the pipeline had shut down again, according to OilPrice.com.
Vitol estimates that about 12 million barrels of crude and 2 million barrels of fuels leave the Persian Gulf each day, according to Reuters as cited by OilPrice.com.
Analysts at ING described a tug-of-war between improving regional supply and lingering threats, and said the market will stay nervous about disruptions.
Supertanker rates have been above $1 million a day, with costs also rising for smaller vessels, according to Sparta Commodities as cited by OilPrice.com.
A Gulf storm that threatened US output was another factor in the rebound, according to FX Empire.
A G7 release of 100 million barrels of crude and diesel from emergency stocks had been announced earlier in the week.
On October 6, Brent had slipped to around $99.9 a barrel, and on October 8 crude oil rose by nearly 3% as Indian shares fell.
India imports most of the crude oil it uses, so higher global prices add to inflation and to pressure on the rupee.
Brent crude rebounded above $100 a barrel on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, after a dip on Tuesday, according to OilPrice.com.
Brent traded at about $101.49 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate at about $90.14, according to the same report.
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