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Saudi Arabia is facing problem because production of gasoline and oil products has sorely decreased in the country and therefore. it has extended its hand and informed Iran of its need to import gasoline from Iran. Abolfazl Hassanbeigi told.
Iran produces nearly 20mln liters of excess gasoline supplies which could be sold to Saudi Arabia. he added.
Elaborating on the cause of the Saudi demand. the lawmaker noted the aggravating conditions at the Saudi oil complex that came under attack on Saturday. and implied that reconstruction and resumption of operation by the complex doesn`t seem to be likely. at least in the short-run.
Hassanbeigi further pointed out that a part of Saudi Arabia`s oil refinery has melted down after the Yemenis` drone attacks and cannot be reconstructed. adding that the workers of the Saudi oil firm. Aramco. have lost their morale and foreign advisors are leaving the Saudi oil companies for the fear of the Yemenis` second strike.
The lawmaker`s revelation started a media hype in Iranian media. Hours later. an informed source at the National Iranian Oil Company`s International Affairs Department told that no direct request has been registered yet for supplying petrol to Saudi Arabia. although he did not rule out the possibility of sales through third parties in coming weeks.
The source said Iran sales its excess petrol on the energy exchange market and has so far exported the product just to Iraq and Afghanistan. indicating that Iran`s gasoline supply to Saudi Arabia seems to be much unlikely. unless new export destinations closer to Saudi Arabia appear among Iran`s petrol customers via the energy market.
Yet. he underlined that any Saudi request would be studied by Iran`s energy market.
There is yet no report to know if any such a request has only been raised through diplomatic – rather than the conventional economic – channels or not. as experts mention that Saudi Arabia`s emergency conditions and the large volume of its need to oil products require any such request to be sent through diplomatic channels.
Yemen’s Ansarullah movement announced on Saturday that its drones had successfully attacked two oil plants in the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry. stressing that the attacks were a firm response to Riyadh’s relentless bombardment of Yemen.
Abqaiq. 60 km (37 miles) Southwest of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province. contains the world’s largest oil processing plant. Khurais. 190 km further Southwest. contains the country’s second largest oilfield.
Saudi stocks fell sharply on Sunday. after attacks on two plants at the heart of the kingdom’s oil industry on Saturday knocked out more than half of the crude output.
Spokesman for Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree said on Monday that his country was ready for another attack on Saudi facilities. urging foreign companies and workers to immediately leave their working sites in the kingdom for their safety.
Speaking to Arabic-language al-Masireh news channel. Brigadier General Saree said the Yemeni forces used ordinary and jet engines in their drones which hit Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais during Operation Equation Deterrence II.
He then warned that another attack may be soon launched on Saudi facilities. and urged foreign companies and operators working at energy. power and other facilities to immediately leave the sites to avoid being hurt in the attacks.
The Yemeni commander then addressed Saudi officials. and underlined that the Yemeni Army is capable of hitting any target in Saudi Arabia at any time it wishes.
Riyadh must reconsider its calculations and stop its attacks and blockade against Yemen. he affirmed.
