LPG crisis updates LIVE: Oil prices climb as Iranian boats hit two fuel oil tankers

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The ongoing struggle  involving Israel, United States and Iran has begun affecting home  proviso   chains, with disruptions successful  commercialized  LPG proviso   hitting the edifice  and edifice  sector.

The ongoing struggle involving Israel, United States and Iran has begun affecting home proviso chains, with disruptions successful commercialized LPG proviso hitting the edifice and edifice sector. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Oil prices climbed connected Thursday aft Iraqi information officials said Iranian explosive-laden boats had deed 2 substance lipid tankers ‌amid different planetary proviso disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli warfare connected Iran.

Brent futures roseate $5.69, oregon 6.19%, ⁠to $97.67 a tube astatine 0118 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up $5.11, oregon 5.86%, to $92.36.

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The Centre connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026) asked States to guarantee extortion of LPG proviso chain by ramping up information for the infrastructure acrophobic and personnel. The Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan told main secretaries and manager generals of constabulary (DGPs) of each States to antagonistic “false rumours regarding LPG shortages”, a authorities root said.

Read: How the U.S.-Israel struggle with Iran is exposing India’s LPG dependence | Data

While respective governmental leaders slammed the authorities for the crunch, the Congress enactment demanded a full-fledged treatment successful Parliament connected the West Asia situation that has led to vigor shortage, saying the radical of the state merit to cognize the truth. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is moving a 24x7 power country by including nodal officers from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Petroleum and Natural Gas.

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  • March 12, 2026 07:46

    Oil climbs arsenic tankers are attacked successful Iraqi waters

    Oil prices climbed connected Thursday aft Iraqi information officials said Iranian explosive-laden boats had deed 2 substance lipid tankers ‌amid different planetary proviso disruptions from the U.S.-Israeli warfare connected Iran.

    Brent futures roseate $5.69, oregon 6.19%, ⁠to $97.67 a tube astatine 0118 GMT, and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up $5.11, oregon 5.86%, to $92.36.

    Two overseas tankers carrying Iraqi substance ‌oil were deed by unidentified attackers successful Iraq’s territorial waters, causing them to drawback fire, the ‌director wide of the General Company for Ports, ‌Farhan ⁠al-Fartousi, told Reuters connected Wednesday.-- Reuters

    Oil prices ascent arsenic tankers are attacked successful Iraqi waters amid West Asia conflict

    Oil prices surge arsenic Iranian attacks connected tankers successful Iraqi waters escalate tensions amid the ongoing West Asia conflict.

  • March 12, 2026 07:44

    Air New Zealand cuts 1,100 flights implicit substance terms fears

    New Zealand’s nationalist hose said Thursday (March 12, 2026) it would cancel 1,100 flights implicit the adjacent 2 months, pointing to the interaction of the warfare successful the Middle East.

    Air New Zealand main enforcement Nikhil Ravishankar said astir 5 percent of its flights volition beryllium cancelled, affecting 44,000 passengers.

    The cancelled flights are mostly connected home routes wrong New Zealand but volition besides see immoderate planetary flights, helium said.

    Flights betwixt New Zealand and the United States would not beryllium impacted owed to accrued request for alternate routes to Europe, Ravishankar added.

    “With the unprecedented volatility successful pitchy substance prices owed to the struggle successful the Middle East, airlines astir the satellite are adjusting fares and their schedules to assistance negociate the interaction of these importantly accrued costs,” Mr. Ravishankar said.

    Ravishankar said pitchy substance typically outgo astir US$85 a barrel, but prices were present treble that.

    Cancellations would assistance support flying arsenic affordable arsenic imaginable and guarantee the institution was businesslike with fuel, helium said. -- AFP

  • March 12, 2026 07:44

    Congress criticises BJP for state shortages

    Amid agelong queues extracurricular state agencies fearing an LPG shortage successful immoderate districts of Uttar Pradesh connected Wednesday (March 11, 2026) owed to interaction of struggle successful West Asia, the Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) authorities of failing to cheque achromatic selling alleging conscionable arsenic the BJP abandoned the country’s radical to dice during the COVID-19 pandemic, the aforesaid script is being repeated contiguous successful the sanction of state supply, whether home oregon commercial, determination are shortages everywhere. -- Mayank

    Congress criticises BJP for state shortages, highlighting nationalist suffering amid viral videos of agelong queues successful Uttar Pradesh

    U.P. Congress main Ajay Rai criticizes the BJP for state shortages, highlighting nationalist suffering amid viral videos of agelong queues.

Published - March 12, 2026 08:08 americium IST

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