Early on Saturday morning, attacks on Saudi Aramco’s giant oil plant caused major fires, disrupting about half of the kingdom’s crude production.

From a record spike in oil prices to an escalation of tensions in the region after the US blamed Iran for being behind the strikes. The fallout has everyone inside the region and around the world on tenterhooks for what it could mean for global energy markets and Middle East stability.

Host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief and Kelsey Warner, assistant business editor, welcome The National’s energy correspondent, Jennifer Gnana and foreign editor James Haines-Young, for an in depth discussion on the ramifications of the attacks in the region and globally. 

 

In this episode:

- Saudi oil attack (1m 11s) 

- Headlines (25m 56s)

 

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• Anwar Gargash: Saudi Aramco attacks a 'dangerous escalation'

• Donald Trump to send Mike Pompeo to Saudi after Aramco attacks

• Oil surges more than 19% after attacks halve Saudi output

• Donald Trump: US is ‘locked and loaded’ after Saudi oil attack

• Houthi-claimed drone and missile attacks against Saudi Arabia this year