Oil Prices Jump as Houthi Attacks Raise Saudi Supply Risks
PRI: 17 — MINIMAL Base risk 37/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Significance 61/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+24 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 4/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (29 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient.
Confidence multiplier Confidence limits the final PRI when evidence is uncertain. A severe but weakly supported claim cannot reach the highest PRI bands.: 0.45 (Low) · Calculated 2026-08-07 05:50:20 (vv1).
Full contribution breakdown
- Procurement Impact: 24 / 40 — Significance 61/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap
- Corroboration: 5 / 15 — A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty)
- Entity Criticality: 1 / 30 — Linked-entity criticality 4/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient
- Geographic Regulatory: 7 / 15 — 2 distinct content-linked geography/geographies
- Event type
- Commodity price movement
- UUID
- aaa934ca-7d75-4430-b346-0bc7ab375e20
- Editorial review status
- Pending (ProcIntel's own review of this record)
- Event lifecycle
- Breaking (the real-world state of the situation — a separate concept from review status above)
- Significance
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3 · Material
- This type of disruption typically has a moderate procurement impact.
- Multiple geographies identified (2).
- Wide breadth — linked to 4 tracked entities/organisations.
- Assessed time horizon: Short-term.
- Confidence
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2 · Low
(distinct from each article link's own extraction confidence below)
- Reported only by secondary sources so far — no primary/official confirmation yet.
- Reported by a single source so far — not yet independently corroborated.
- Some key facts (e.g. exact date) are still missing or unconfirmed.
- Evidence was last updated within the last month.
- Impact direction
- Neutral or Mixed (provisional default — not yet reviewed)
- Occurred at
- Not yet established (no explicit date was tightly bound to the matched event text)
- Record type
- REAL
Source Facts
The Yemeni Houthis have struck Saudi Arabia’s southern province of Najran in the latest flare-up of Middle Eastern hostilities, killing 11 civilians, Reuters has reported, citing a spokesman for the military coalition led by Saudi Arabia that fights the Houthis in Yemen. The news comes on the heels of reports that Iran is considering a ban on U.S., Israeli, and other “hostile” vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and fining ships that violate the ban with a sum equal to 20% of the cargo’s value. From other vessels, Iran plans…
Linked Signals
| Published | Headline | Source | Matched text | Extraction confidence | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 05:40:20 | Oil Prices Jump as Houthi Attacks Raise Saudi Supply Risks | Oilprice.com | prices jump | 95.0 | high precision phrase |
Linked Entities
| Entity | Type | Link method | Confidence | Source article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | Country | reused entity extraction | 75.0 | article |
| Saudi Arabia | Country | reused entity extraction | 75.0 | article |
| Global | Region | reused entity extraction | 95.0 | article |
| Strait of Hormuz | Shipping Route | reused entity extraction | 75.0 | article |
Spend Categories
No spend categories linked yet
Spend categories are linked by a reviewer, not assigned automatically.
Review History
| Date | Action | Previous | New | Reviewer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Created | — | Commodity price movement: 'Oil Prices Jump as Houthi Attacks Raise Saudi Supply Risks' (lifecycle=Breaking) | Deterministic v1 extractor | — |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Pri Recalculated | score=None, band=None | score=1, band='Minimal' | Deterministic v1 extractor | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities. |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Pri Recalculated | score=1.0, band='Minimal' | score=1, band='Minimal' | — | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 6/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Article Linked | — | source_item #4308 | — | — |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Significance Changed | None | 3 | — | — |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Confidence Changed | None | 2 | — | — |
| 2026-08-07 05:50:20 | Pri Recalculated | score=1.0, band='Minimal' | score=17, band='Minimal' | — | PRI: 17 — MINIMAL Base risk 37/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Significance 61/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+24 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 4/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (29 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |