Saudi Says Attacks on Oil Assets Hit Output and Exports
Storage tanks and oil processing facilities at an oil refinery and terminal in Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.
Photographer: Simon Dawson/BloombergSaudi Arabia said a series of attacks on its critical energy infrastructure disrupted oil and gas production and hit supply to global markets that are already reeling from the Iran war.
Production, transportation, refining, petrochemicals and power generation were “recently” targeted in Riyadh, the Eastern Province and Yanbu Industrial City, the state-run Saudi Press Agency said Thursday, citing an energy ministry official. The attacks included a pumping station on the East-West pipeline, the main means of getting the nation’s crude to the world during the Iran war.