Sept 14 - Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group on Saturday attacked two plants at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry in a strike that could impact about 5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude production - close to half of the kingdom's output or 5% of global oil supply.
The Saudis are the world's biggest oil exporters, sending more than 7 million barrels of crude to numerous destinations around the globe every day - equal to nearly one-third of exports by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.....MORE
The bulk of those exports go to Asia and the Pacific region, according to OPEC. BIGGEST IMPORTERS OF SAUDI CRUDE BY COUNTRY: Country mln bpd China 1.88 Japan 1.02 S. Korea 0.89 India 0.74 U.S. 0.58 Sources: Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry; U.S. Energy Department; China General Administration of Customs; Korea National Oil Corp; India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Reuters; all figures June 2019
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