Saudi pipeline repair put at 3–5 weeks as Hormuz talks collapse and Brent holds near $108

The physical squeeze widened while diplomacy stalled — the Saudi East-West pipeline stayed shut with repairs put at 3–5 weeks and a mid-September-to-mid-October global deficit of about 6 million b/d, the Oman-hosted Hormuz meeting was postponed at Saudi Arabia's request, the Houthis struck King Khalid airbase at Khamis Mushait, and the IRGC claimed a Panamanian-flagged tanker hit a mine in the strait's southern no-sail zone; Brent held around $107–108 and US diesel set another record at $6.23 a gallon .

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