Saudi Arabia ‘not responsible for any oil shortage’

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would not bear responsibility for any shortages in oil supplies to global markets after recent attacks by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis on Saudi oil facilities, Saudi state news agency reported.

The Houthis fired missiles and drones at Saudi energy and water desalination facilities, causing a temporary drop in output at a refinery but no casualties, the Saudi energy ministry and state media said.

Strikes hit a petroleum products distribution terminal, a natural gas plant and a refinery along Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast, the ministry said in a statement. —Reuters

 

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