 "A series of drone and missile attacks on oil facilities of Saudi Aramco in Abqaiq and Khurais on September 14 knocked out half of its daily oil production")
Oil extended declines as Saudi Arabia was said to be ahead of schedule in restoring its output capacity.
Futures lost as much as 2.9% in New York to the lowest level in more than a week. Saudi Aramco’s production capacity now exceeds 11 million barrels a day, beating a self-imposed deadline by about a week, according to people with knowledge of the situation. It has now restored production at the Abqaiq and Khurais oil processing facilities to the levels they were operating at before recent attacks.
Aerial strikes on the two plants on Sept. 14 disabled 5% of global crude supply, driving
