A drone attack on an oil facility Approximately half of crude oil production suspends Saudi September 15 12:15
Saudi Arabia's energy minister revealed that several important oil facilities were attacked by drones, suspending production of 5.7 million barrels a day, roughly half of crude oil production. He accused him of targeting oil supply and security.
Two oil facilities in Abkhaik in eastern Saudi Arabia were attacked by a drone on the 14th, causing an explosion and fire.
The attacked Abu Kaiku facility is the world's largest facility for processing the crude oil produced for export. The fire has already been subdued, but it has been shut down.
About this attack, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy, Abdul Aziz, revealed through the state news agency that production of about 5.7 million barrels per day, which is about half of domestic crude oil production, has stopped.
This is about 5% of the world's crude oil supply, and the government of Saudi Arabia is taking measures to mitigate the impact on the crude oil market by releasing the stored crude oil and urgently restoring it.
Abdul Aziz, the energy minister, accused the attack of targeting not only Saudi Arabia but also the global oil supply and security.
Regarding this attack, Yemeni rebels against Saudi Arabia have issued a statement claiming that they have “attacked”.
However, Secretary of State Pompeio of the United States has confirmed that Iran is involved in the attack as `` There is no evidence that it was an attack from Yemen '', and there is also concern about the expansion of the impact on the Middle East situation where tensions continue .