[16th Reuters]-Experts in the field of energy and security pointed out that the style of attacks on Saudi oil facilities is unlikely to pose a risk in the United States.
In Saudi Arabia, the oil facility of the state-run oil company Saudi Aramco was attacked by a drone, affecting half of its domestic production capacity.
US think tank, Senior Fellow of Energy at the Council on Foreign Affairs (CFR), Amy Meyers Jaffe said, “There is a lot of surplus in the US oil industry” He often stopped, but pointed out that it has little impact on the market.
The Permian Basin, home to the largest oil field in the country, spans Texas and New Mexico and has thousands of wells in a vast area of more than 190,000 square kilometers. "It's hard to think that you won't notice it by flying." “I'm more concerned about the vulnerability in the cyber field,” he said.
Ben West, security analyst at the US private intelligence agency Stratofor, says the pipeline, the infrastructure most vulnerable to attacks, can be quickly repaired.
“Even if attacked, it is unlikely to hit half of US oil and gas production,” he said. “Iran has the potential to make cyber attacks more successful than attacks using cruise missiles and drones. "It is higher".