A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP
A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP
World /  Middle East

Saudi oil output halved as US blames Iran for ‘unprecedented’ drone attack on major facilities

  • Donald Trump speaks with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and offers ‘his support for Saudi Arabia’s self-defence’
  • Drone strike was biggest attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure since first Gulf war

Topic |   Saudi Arabia
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Updated: 10:40pm, 15 Sep, 2019

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A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP
A satellite image from Planet Labs shows thick black smoke rising from Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq oil processing facility in Buqyaq, Saudi Arabia. Photo: AP
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