{"id":336777,"date":"2026-03-13T06:46:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/336777\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T06:46:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:46:17","slug":"day-13-of-middle-east-conflict-global-economy-disruptions-iranian-attacks-spread-to-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/336777\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 13 of Middle East conflict \u2014 global economy disruptions, Iranian attacks spread to sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/gettyimages-2265492606.jpg?c=original&amp;q=w_1280,c_fill\/f_avif\" alt=\"A fuel tanker passes the Mobil fuel distribution centre in the Melbourne suburb of Yarraville on Thursday,\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"4557\" width=\"8100\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00043b6shw1c56gx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Australia is releasing 762 million liters of petrol and diesel from its reserves to ease supply shortages for farmers in rural areas.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00053b6se1ksvmdk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It comes a day after the country temporarily relaxed fuel quality standards to allow unleaded petrol with higher sulfur levels to be mixed with local supplies. The \u201cdirtier\u201d fuel is normally sent offshore.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00063b6sec0gawv7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Like elsewhere, Australia is gripped with oil supply fears, but Environment Minister Chris Bowen has repeatedly insisted the country has enough fuel \u2013 for now.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00073b6ssjwrcxya@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe continue to see expected ships arrive in our ports. However, a huge spike in demand has led to local shortages in many parts of regional Australia, and imports will come under further pressure should the conflict in the Middle East continue,\u201d Bowen said in a statement Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmoc6zvy00003b6sk3x66o3o@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In rural Australia, residents rely on independent retailers who buy diesel on spot markets that are under pressure from surging demand.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmoc778z00013b6sgme385d3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Earlier this week, the only service station in Batlow, a small town west of the capital Canberra, ran out fuel, according to CNN affiliate 9 News.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmoc778z00023b6stvmpo5ko@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Local lawmaker Joe McGirr said the owner had shuttered his petrol station rather than sell fuel to locals at \u201cexorbitant prices.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmoc778z00033b6sxf3qu3h1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Communities are hoping some relief comes soon.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00083b6sc522ihkj@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This week the International Energy Agency announced plans to release 400 million barrels of oil \u2013 the largest release of emergency stockpiles.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmmo9v05f00093b6scfvy3ixm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Australia\u2019s petrol and diesel release will make up about 5 million barrels of that total, the government statement added.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia is releasing 762 million liters of petrol and diesel from its reserves to ease supply shortages for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335819,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-336777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}