- Title: Aramco hopes to repair remaining damage from attacks by end-November
- Date: 12th October 2019
- Summary: ABQAIQ, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED FACILITIES AT ABQAIQ OIL PRODUCING PLANT UNDER RECONSTRUCTION WORKERS AT DAMAGED FACILITIES VARIOUS OF DAMAGED FACILITIES UNDER RECONSTRUCTION VARIOUS OF SPHEROIDS UNDER RECONSTRUCTION PART OF DAMAGED SPHEROID ON DISPLAY NEXT TO FACILITIES UNDER RECONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE RIDES A BICYCLE PAST OIL TANK KHURAIS, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 12, 2019) (REUTERS) OIL FACILITIES IN DESERT SAUDI ARAMCO PLANE OVER DESERT VARIOUS OF DAMAGED OIL STABILIZATION TOWER AT OIL PRODUCING PLANT IN KHURAIS VARIOUS OF WORKERS ON OIL STABILIZATION TOWER SAUDI ARAMCO LOGO JOURNALISTS AT DAMAGED PIECES OF PIPELINES ON DISPLAY VARIOUS OF PIECES OF DAMAGED PIPELINE ON DISPLAY JOURNALISTS AT DAMAGED PIECES OF PIPELINES ON DISPLAY VARIOUS OF DAMAGED TOWER
- Embargoed: 26th October 2019 18:27
- Keywords: Saudi Arabia Aramco oil facilities drone attack Abqaiq Khurais
- Location: ABQAIQ AND KHURAIS, SAUDI ARABIA
- City: ABQAIQ AND KHURAIS, SAUDI ARABIA
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA001B0SL0ZR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Oil major Saudi Aramco hopes to fix by the end of November the last four key pieces of equipment damaged during attacks last month, in a move to allow it to fully regain production capacity, company officials said on Saturday (October 12).
The mid-September attacks on the Abqaiq and the Khurais plants caused damage that halved the crude output of the world's top oil exporter by shutting down 5.7 million bpd of production, driving a spike in oil prices.
Yemen's militant Houthi group claimed responsibility but a U.S. official said the attacks originated from southwestern Iran and Riyadh blamed Tehran. Iran, which supports the Houthis in Yemen's war, has denied involvement.
Aramco restored oil production of around 10 million barrels per day within 10 days and said it was on track to regain its maximum capacity of 12 million bpd by the end of November.
At Abqaiq, the attacks hit five oil processing towers and three were still being restored, Khalid Buraik, vice president of Aramco's Southern Area Oil Operations, told several media invited to the facilities on Saturday. Abqaiq is the world's biggest oil processing facility and has 18 towers.
The attacks on Khurais damaged four of five towers. Three had been repaired, said a local senior manager who asked not to be named because he is not allowed to speak to media.
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