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Saudi oil production to resume as US officials 'claim attack came from Iran'

Saudi Arabia has announced that oil production will be restored to normal by the end of the month, as US officials reportedly claimed that the weekend attack on major facilities in the kingdom, that shocked the world and sent prices soaring, came from Iran.Energy minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said on Tuesday average oil production in September and October would be 9.89m barrels per day and that it would ensure full commitments to its customers this month.“Over the past two days we have contained the damage and restored more than half of the production that was down as a result of the terrorist attack,” he told a news conference in Jeddah.From extras.He said the kingdom would achieve 11m bpd capacity by the end of September, and 12 million bpd by end of November.“Oil supplies will be returned to the market as they were before 3.43am Saturday,” he said, adding that state oil giant Aramco had emerged “like a phoenix from the ashes” after the attack.He was referring to attacks on Saturday on state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco’s plants in Abqaiq and Khurais, including the world’s largest oil processing facility, which shut down 5.7m barrels per day, which is more than half of Saudi Arabia’s production, and represents 5 per cent of global output.