Iran took off the spectacular attack on Saudi crude output

For its part, Amirali Hajizadeh, commander of the aerospace branch of Revolutionary Guards, the elite force of the Islamic Republic, warned of the risk of an armed conflict. "Iran is ready for a total war," but "neither we nor the Americans want the war," he said. Hajizadeh.

The US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo had previously evoked an "unprecedented attack against global energy supply"And pointed to Iran. "The United States will work with its partners and allies to ensure the supply of energy markets and for Iran to report on its aggression," the minister added.

At the same time, fearing a sharp rise in the price of oil in international markets, Saudi Arabia, the world's largest exporter of this raw material, focused yesterday on the restoration of production at its facilities.

Saturday's explosions caused fires at Abqaiq factory, the world's largest dedicated to oil treatment, and to Jurais, where there is a large oil field.

General Mansur Al Turki, spokesman for the Saudi Interior Ministry, said the bombings had not caused casualties.

The Shiite Shiite rebels of Yemen, backed by Iran and facing a military coalition led by Riyadh for five years, have claimed responsibility for the attacks on the facilities of the state giant Aramco.

The Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salmán, whose country is Iran's major regional rival, said that Riyadh "wants and can" respond to this "terrorist aggression". But direct retaliation is "highly unlikely", according to the Middle East expert at S. Rajaratnam School, James Dorsey.

Houthi rebels have repeatedly attacked Saudi energy infrastructure. But this time, the consequences have had another magnitude: they have resulted in a sharp reduction in production of 5.7 million barrels per day, or about 6% of the world supply. This drop in production could undermine investor confidence in Aramco, a giant oil company preparing for its IPO.

The Saudi regime wants to place about 5% of its state-owned oil company on the stock market in 2020 or 2021 and raise about $ 100,000 million, which could become the biggest stock market flotation .

Prince Abdulaziz bin Salmán, recently appointed Minister of Energy, said the reduction would be offset by the reserves.

Riyadh has built five huge underground reserves across the country to store tens of millions of barrels of various refined petroleum products.