Saudi Arabia oil attacks: Photos show catastrophic damage to facilities following strikes

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Tim Baker20 September 2019

New images show the catastrophic damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities caused by recent attacks.

Saudi officials organised the tour of the Abqaiq processing facility, described as "the largest crude oil stabilisation plant in the world" by state owned oil-company Aramco.

Responsibility for the strikes has been claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels but the Saudi’s have claimed the drone and missile strikes were backed by Iran.

It is expected that the matter will be discussed at next week’s United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Saudi Arabia showed off what they said was evidence that Iran were behind the attacks
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Iran, which is also being blamed by the United States, has denied being behind the attacks.

President Donald Trump announced today that new sanctions had been placed on the Central Bank of Iran and a number of other financial institutions in the country.

The attack knocked out half of Saudi Arabia’s oil production and crude prices spiked week by a percentage unseen since the First Gulf War.

The Kingdom also flew journalists to its Khurais oil field - which is believed to produce over 1 million barrels of crude oil a day - to see the damage there.

The International Crisis Group has warned that the Saudi attack could push the wider Persian Gulf into war, saying the risk of conflict is "arguably the highest it has been in years."

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