Rising tensions over Saudi oil attacks

The U.S. says Iran was behind two attacks on the Saudi oil industry that sent oil prices soaring. Tehran denies involvement in the strikes, which were claimed by Iran-aligned Houthi rebels in Yemen


Sep 14: Attacks on Abqaiq – world’s biggest processing facility – and Khurais oilfield, both
run by Saudi state oil company Aramco, knock out more than half of Kingdom’s output

U.S. satellite images show multiple points of impact and that attacks came from west-north-west direction, suggesting launch sites in northern Gulf, Iran or Iraq


Abqaiq 

Khurais oil field

Riyadh

May 14: East-West Pipeline temporarily closed after Houthi drones strike two oil pumping stations

Range of UAV-X drone: 1,450km

Houthi-controlled area: Houthi militants say they carried out attack with 10 drones, including some powered by jet engines

Suez Canal
EGYPT
SUDAN
ERITREA
Bab-el- Mandeb
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
JORDAN
IRAQ
SAUDI ARABIA
YEMEN
OMAN
UAE
INDIAN OCEAN
IRAN
KUWAIT 
BAHRAIN 
QATAR
Persian Gulf
Strait of Hormuz
Gulf of Oman

200km 125 miles


Sources: Reuters, Stratfor, IHS Conflict Monitor 
Picture: Associated Press 
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