Oil soars the most ever after attack cuts Saudi supplies
16 September 2019 |
10:58 am
Brent crude surged the most on record after a drone strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility removed about 5% of global supplies. 10 unmanned aerial vehicles struck the world’s biggest crude-processing facility in Abqaiq and the kingdom’s second-biggest oil field in Khurais on Saturday. Riad Hamade reports on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia."
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