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Russian Minister of Energy: Attack of Aramco facilities could affect global energy security
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said today that the attack on the facilities of Saudi Aramco, the largest oil exporter in the world, could affect global energy security.
The Russian minister added that he planned to make a phone call with his Saudi counterpart, Prince Abdul Aziz bin Salman, after the attacks on the Saudi oil facilities.
He assured Novak that there was enough oil in the trading stocks around the world to cover the kingdom's supply disruptions.
He stressed that the standards of the global agreement on oil production "OPEC +" had not changed and that it was urgent to organize an extraordinary meeting between the countries participating in agree to reduce production both inside and outside OPEC.
Oil prices jumped more than 19% as a result of the attack on Aramco's facilities, and Brent oil, at 9:24, was trading at $ 66.40 a barrel, while that the US crude "West Texas Intermediate" traded at $ 59.84 per barrel.
Source: agencies
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