Saudi Arabia's energy minister says 50 percent of the production cut by the attack on its oil processing plant has been restored.
Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman made the comments Tuesday night at a news conference in Jiddah. The attack Saturday struck a Saudi oil field and the world's largest crude oil processing plant, which knocked out 5.7 million barrels of crude oil production per day for the kingdom, or about 5% of the world's daily production.
The prince added that within this month, production capacity will be up to 11 million barrels per day by the end of September.
It had been around 9.6 milllion barrels per day before the attack.Yemen's Houthi rebels, whom a Saudi-led coalition have been fighting since March 2015, claimed the attack.
However, US and Saudi officials say they believe Iran carried out the assault, something denied by Tehran.
First Published: Sept 17, 2019 11:59 PM IST
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