[Washington 15th Reuters]-US President Trump said the United States is ready for war on the 15th after two oil facilities of Saudi Aramco in the eastern Saudi Arabia were attacked on the 14th . Earlier, senior US government officials indicated that the attack was due to Iran.
Mr. Trump told Twitter: “We have a reason to think that we know who attacked, and upon confirmation, the bullets are locked and loaded. I'm trying to figure out how to proceed. "
Earlier, a senior US government official said that there was evidence that Iran was behind the 14th attack, not Yemen ’s pro-Iranian armed army, the Husse.
“There is no evidence that the attack is from Yemen. Iran has made an unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply, despite all the calls for relaxation.” Shows how to look. [nL3N266001]
Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Musabi dismissed the accusations of the United States as “off-target”. According to Tasnim, Iranian Revolutionary Defense officials said, “U.S. military bases and aircraft carriers within 2000 km of Iran are within the range of our missiles,” Iran is ready for a “full-scale” war. Warned.
The above-mentioned US government official pointed out that 19 sites in the Saudi facility were attacked on the condition of anonymity, and there was evidence that it was an attack that was launched from the west-northwest direction of the target, not Yemen in the south. Stated. It also revealed that Saudi officials indicated that there were signs that cruise missiles were used in the attack. The Fushi group claims to have attacked with 10 drones.
A senior US government official said, “There is no doubt that Iran is responsible. There is no way to deny it. No one else may have done it.”
Saudi has yet to judge who made the attack.
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Under these circumstances, crude futures surged by more than 15%. Later, President Trump revealed that he had approved the release of US strategic oil reserves as needed, reducing the rate of increase. [nL3N26705L] [nL3N2660NA]
Aramco has not disclosed the prospect of resuming production. A source familiar with the situation told Reuters that a full recovery of production capacity could take weeks instead of days.
The Saudi government has announced that it will make up for the shortage by releasing inventory. According to official statistics, Saudi oil inventory is 188 million barrels as of June.
RBC Capital Markets Head of Global Product Strategy Helima Croft said, “(Attacked) Abukaiku Oil Facility is the heart of Saudi energy system and exports will resume in the next 24-48 hours. But the image of impregnable has changed completely. "
According to a senior US government official, 17 northwestern lands of 17 structures were attacked at Abkhaik's facility and 2 were attacked at Kreis.
Consulting firm Rapidan Energy Group said that it would take months to rebuild, assuming that some of the equipment appears to have been destroyed in the image of Abkaik after the attack. If this happens, production decline may be prolonged. However, Rapidan said that “Aramco has given a certain amount of duplication to the system in order to continue production even during maintenance work,” and there is a possibility that it will be able to restore production at a pre-attack level relatively early. I also showed how to see it.
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In Iraq, some media reported that the attack was from Iraq. The Iraqi government denied news reports on the 15th and announced that it would punish those who use Iraq as an attack base. In Iraq, armed groups receiving support from Iran are becoming more influential.
Kuwait, which borders Iraq, has been investigating the discovery of a drone flying in its own airspace, and has revealed that it is cooperating with Saudi Arabia.
UN Secretary General Guterez condemned the attack and demanded self-control from all concerned. The European Union also accused the attack of threatening regional security, and some member states called for self-control.
President Trump said earlier that he could meet with Iranian President Rouhani at the United Nations General Assembly this month, but on the 15th, reports that he was prepared to meet with Iranian officials without any preconditions were accurate. I tweeted about it.
Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad told President Trump that he was ready to deal with the “terrorist attack”.
