Official source at Saudi Ministry of Energy says operating activities halted at several energy facilities in Saudi Arabia due to recent attacks, Iranian media reports
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- These attacks included on of the pumping stations on the East-West pipeline, leading to a loss of roughly 700kbpd in throughput.
- Confirms death of one of the industrial security personnel at the Saudi Energy Company.
- Manifa production facility was also targeted, resulting in a reduction of ~300kbpd from its production capacity.
- Attacks resulted in a total reduction in the Kingdom's production capacity to approximately 600kbpd.
- Attacks also extended to major refining facilities, including Satorp in Jubail, Ras Tanura refinery, Samref refinery in Yanbu, and Riyadh refinery, directly affecting exports of refined products to the global market.
- A source in the Saudi Ministry of Energy: The targets included oil and gas production, transportation, refining, and petrochemical facilities.
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