JAKARTA - The price of US fuel (BBM) is expected to fluctuate wildly again today, Tuesday, March 17, as the US-Israeli military offensive against Iran enters its third week.
Citing The Guardian, Tuesday, March 17, a leading petroleum analyst, Patrick De Haan, estimates that the price of regular fuel at US gas stations today will break through $3.85 or around Rp. 65,300 per gallon.
If calculated in detail, one gallon of regular fuel in the US is equivalent to 3.785 liters. Thus, if the price of regular fuel is Rp65,300 per gallon, then per liter reaches Rp17,252.
Kamarin, Brent crude, which is an international benchmark, rose to 106 US dollars per barrel, then fell to 103 US dollars per barrel.
After reaching 100 US dollars per barrel on Sunday, March 15, US crude oil fell to 94 US dollars by mid-morning Monday.
The price of fuel skyrocketed as a result of the US-Israeli war against Iran, which has dragged the oil and gas production infrastructure in the Middle East region as a target of the attack.
It started with the Israeli-US attack, which was initially said to target the Iranian military leader but then hit the oil refinery in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Saturday night, March 7.
Iran's retaliatory attack the same night destroyed an Israeli-owned oil refinery in Haifa. Since then, the energy industry has been an open target of war.
The United States is not satisfied with continuing to disrupt Iran's energy industry even though it is under pressure from soaring oil prices due to the war triggered by its military.
On Friday, March 13, the US carried out an attack on Kharg Island, an important oil processing center in Iran.
Meanwhile, Iran continues to block tankers from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a route for a fifth of international oil supplies.
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