Crude oil futures spiked in Asia Friday on news that the US had killed General Qassim Soleimani, leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s foreign wing, in a strike in Iraq. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The killing of General Soleimani also increases the likelihood of additional attacks on Middle East energy infrastructure and the possibility of military conflict between the US and Iran, analysts said. “This is a seismic event in the region,” Jason Bordoff, director of the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, tweeted Thursday. “Abqaiq was just the beginning.” AxiTrader’s chief Asia market strategist Stephen Innes said in a note Friday: “This is more than just bloodying Iran’s nose. This is an aggressive […]