Oil prices rose sharply, on Tuesday, after a terrorist
attack on two oil pumping stations belonging to Saudi Aramco
in Riyadh.
Brent crude futures were $ 71.15 a barrel, At 11:55 GMT, up 92 cents,
or 1.31 percent.
As for, WTI futures, To $ 61.68 a barrel, up 64 cents, or 1.05
percent.
The speaker of the of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom had announced, on Tuesday,
About Targeting Aramco's two oil pumping stations In governorates,
Dawadmi and Afif in Riyadh, in a "terrorist attack".
Two pumping stations for the East-West pipeline, which carries Saudi oil
from, oil fields in the eastern region to the port of Yanbu on the west
coast, were attacked by drone-borne improvised explosive devices, Energy,
Industry and Mineral Resources Minister Khalid Al-Falih said.
He continued, "It resulted in a fire at station No. 8, which was under
control, after causing limited damage."
Adding, "Saudi Aramco has stopped pumping in the pipeline, where damage is
being assessed."
For its part, Saudi Aramco confirmed, that there were no casualties in this
attack, pointing out that, the Supply of crude oil and gas to
customers, "not affected."
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