Goldman Sachs: Enormous Amount of Oil Could Be Disrupted Oil surged as energy and commodity markets were thrown into disarray after Western nations unleashed more sanctions to isolate Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. Brent futures jumped as much as 7.3% on concern that oil supply — already stretched amid rebounding demand — may tighten further should Russian flows be disrupted. Some customers have paused purchases of the country’s flagship Urals grade, while Asian buyers are trying to secure more Middle Eastern crude. Western nations agreed over the weekend to exclude some Russian lenders from the SWIFT bank messaging system, and targeted the central bank’s foreign reserves. BP Plc also moved to dump its holding in oil giant Rosneft PJSC, taking a financial hit of as much as $25 billion . “Removing some Russian banks from SWIFT could result in a disruption of oil supplies as buyers and sellers […]