{"id":78127,"date":"2026-09-14T00:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/the-oil-escape-route-went-dark-and-markets-are-feeling-it\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T00:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T00:13:06","slug":"the-oil-escape-route-went-dark-and-markets-are-feeling-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/the-oil-escape-route-went-dark-and-markets-are-feeling-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Oil Escape Route Went Dark, and Markets Are Feeling It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s Petroline going offline helped send Brent 3% higher to $109, putting a critical oil route under pressure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitcoin\u2019s price fell 0.8% to $76,611 as the Petroline mess gave already-jittery global markets another headache.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">CME has Wednesday\u2019s rate hike odds at 86.2%, while Petroline\u2019s repair timeline could make inflation worse.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Petroline Strike Sends Oil to $109 as Global Markets Flinch<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/09\/12\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-oil-pipeline-attack.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">drones crossing into Saudi Arabia<\/a> from Iraqi airspace to strike pumping stations caused a great deal of alarm. Statistics show the Petroline funnels around four million barrels of oil every single day.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this specific route was Riyadh\u2019s mandatory bypass to keep crude flowing during the U.S.-Israeli war. Since the strike, Brent skyrocketed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/BRENT\/?exchange=VELOCITY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to $109 a barrel<\/a>, while West Texas Intermediate crude <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/symbols\/WTI\/?exchange=BLACKBULL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">jumped to $102.80<\/a>. The market doesn\u2019t like the implications of this matter one bit, and U.S. stock futures are lower on the news.<\/p>\n<p>The Dow shed about \u22120.3%, S&amp;P 500 about \u22120.5% to \u22120.6%, and Nasdaq around \u22121.0% to \u22121.2%. Alongside this, Japan looks set for a weak Monday, with Nikkei futures down about 1.8%; Hong Kong futures are roughly flat to slightly up. Meanwhile, gold spent the weekend hovering quietly near $4,350 an ounce, was caught flat-footed, and is down about 1.5% for the week.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe src=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/bitcoin\/embed\" width=\"100%\" style=\"max-height:500px;height:500px;border:none;overflow:hidden;border-radius:4px\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"bitcoin market data\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>At $76,611 per coin at 7:50 p.m. EDT on Sunday, bitcoin\u2019s price is down 0.8% today and 4.1% over the last seven days. It\u2019s been playing safe all week and drifting between $76,300 to $77,450 during the 24-hour window. The entire crypto economy has shed a percentage point and stands at $2.62 trillion as nearly every market is walking a tightrope, waiting to see what breaks first.<\/p>\n<h2>Pipeline Damage Complicates the Fed\u2019s Already Difficult Rate Decision<\/h2>\n<p>Before the pipeline went offline, markets heavily priced in an interest rate hike for Wednesday, aiming for a 3.75% to 4.00% target range. CME\u2019s Fedwatch tool <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmegroup.com\/markets\/interest-rates\/cme-fedwatch-tool.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">points to a 86.2% chance<\/a> a rate hike is coming.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_847355\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-847355\" style=\"width:2388px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-847355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fedwatch tool on Sept. 13, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With the Petroline immobilized and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/us-strikes-iran-brent-cracks-90-as-hormuz-risk-explodes-again\/\">Hormuz being practically impassable<\/a> due to the conflict with Iran, the issues threaten consumer inflation across the board. It makes the chances of a hike even more bolstered as the world watches the technicians at the pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>If repair crews can patch the pipeline quickly, Sunday\u2019s oil panic will fade into a temporary blip. If the damage requires the full six weeks to fix, the inventory runs dry in less than a week.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/market-updates\/the-oil-escape-route-went-dark-and-markets-are-feeling-it\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Saudi Arabia\u2019s Petroline going offline helped send Brent 3% higher to $109, putting a critical oil route under pressure. Bitcoin\u2019s price fell 0.8% to $76,611 as the Petroline mess gave already-jittery global markets another headache. CME has Wednesday\u2019s rate hike odds at 86.2%, while Petroline\u2019s repair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":78128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78127"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}