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Motorists are bracing for more hip-pocket pain at the petrol bowser as oil prices skyrocket again. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

Petrol price panic as Middle East tension flares

Drivers have began preparing for more pain at the bowser after global oil exports were threatened by Yemen rebels capturing an island at the entrance to the Red Sea, one of the world’s key shipping lanes.

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