The United States is ready to use "if necessary" their oil reserves urgently after the Saudi attacks – RT Newsline

The United States may release its emergency oil reserves to fill the oil market gap in the event of a shortage after Saudi Arabia's main oil facilities have been the target of a drone attack, the US Department of Energy.

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry "Stands ready to deploy resources from strategic oil reserves, if necessary to compensate for any disruption of the oil markets resulting from this act of aggression", the agency said in a statement.

Previously, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the international energy watchdog, had ensured that the oil market had enough crude, while Saudi Aramco , whose facilities were attacked, said that the needs of its customers would be covered by its reserves.

On Saturday, a swarm of armed drones hit a refinery at the Abqaiq oil plant, the world's main oil site, responsible for most of the world's supplies, as well as a refinery at the Khurais field. Although the Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the strikes, the United States accuses Iran. Tehran has already refuted the allegations, calling it "Maximum lies."