The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia confirmed today, Monday, that it will not bear any responsibility for any shortage of oil supplies to global markets, in light of the attacks on its oil facilities by the Houthi group.
The Saudi Press Agency quoted an official source in the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying that the attacks on oil and gas production sites and their derivatives by the Houthis have dire effects on the production, processing and refining sectors, and this will affect the Kingdom’s production capacity and its ability to fulfill its obligations. that threatens the security and stability of energy supplies to world markets.
The Saudi Energy Ministry and official media said on Sunday that the Houthis had fired missiles and drones at power
and water desalination facilities, which caused a production cut at a refinery, but there were no casualties.
The Energy Ministry said in a statement that the attacks hit a petroleum products distribution station, a natural gas plant and a refinery on the
Red Sea coast.
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The responsible source stressed the importance of the international community assuming its responsibility in preserving energy supplies, and standing firmly against the Houthi group, "and deterring it from its sabotage attacks that pose a direct threat to the security of petroleum supplies, in these extremely sensitive circumstances in global energy markets," according to what the agency reported. Saudi news.
Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter in the world with about 7 million barrels per day, and the third largest producer with 10 million barrels per day, after the United States and Russia.
On September 14, 2019, Riyadh announced the control of two fires that occurred in the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities of Aramco in the east of the Kingdom, as a result of their targeting by drone attacks, which were claimed by the Yemeni Houthi group.
At that time, the attacks prompted a halt in crude oil supplies of about 5.7 million barrels per day, or about 50% of Aramco's production, in addition to two billion cubic feet of associated gas.