Saudi Arabia: Attacks on Aramco facilities has stoped half of oil production

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  Saudi Energy Minister Abdul Aziz bin Salman bin Abdul Aziz said on Saturday that the attacks on the oil facilities of Abqaiq and Khurais in the Kingdom led to the suspension of production operations temporarily.

 "At 3:31 and 3:42 am, there were several explosions as a result of terrorist attacks in Saudi Aramco's factories in Khurais and Abqaiq, resulting in controlled fires," Abdul Aziz said.

 He said that according to preliminary estimates, the explosions led to "the discontinuation of the supply of crude oil estimated at 5.7 million barrels, or about 50 percent of the production of the company," noting that "part of the decline will be compensated for its customers through inventories."


 Abdul Aziz said the explosions also led to "the discontinuation of the production of associated gas estimated at two billion cubic feet per day, used to produce 700 thousand barrels of natural gas liquids."

That would "reduce the supply of ethane and natural gas liquids by up to about 50 percent," he said.


 As for domestic supplies, the minister stressed that the attacks "have not had any impact on the supply of electricity and water from fuel, or on the supply of the local market of hydrocarbons, and has not resulted in any casualties among workers at these sites so far."

The coordinated attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais facilities were carried out by drones and adopted by the Houthis, the third such attack against Aramco in five months.