Iran, Israel and Oil Prices
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On Friday, oil prices surged more than they have in three years. Iran, the third biggest OPEC producer (despite US sanctions), pumps around 3.3 million barrels a day of crude oil and exports roughly 1.7 million barrels a day. The loss of this export supply would wipe out the surplus that was expected in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Australians could see petrol prices rise as high as $2.20 a litre, as analysts warn the spike in oil prices fuelled by the Israel-Iran conflict will flow "directly to the pump". They fear a prolonged conflict could plunge the world into a global energy crisis that could last years rather than months,
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