Oil prices rose to new post-war highs on 7 August, as uncertainties about supply were heightened by the bombing of the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad (MEED 7:8:03). Even before the incident, prices had broken through the $30 a barrel mark on political events in Iraq, Indonesia and Nigeria. Steps forward in restoration of the Iraqi oil industry signalled by the resumption of exports of post-war production were set back by a pipeline fire, blamed on sabotage, and by the doubt cast on the timetable for reopening the Kirkuk-Ceyhan export pipeline. The terrorist bombing in Jakarta and tribal violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta province increased market uncertainty.