HOUTHIS HIT ARAMCO FACILITY AT PORT OF JIZAN — ENTIRE SITE BURNING
Right before the US elections. Right after the East-West Pipeline strike. Right after Saudi admitted production is at 1990 lows.
The world is on fire. Fertilizer, petrochemicals, transport costs — all spiking. Food prices will follow. In a few months, people will starve.
Saudi Arabia finds itself in a catastrophic situation.
With the latest strike on the Abqaiq-to-Yanbu pipeline—which served as the last remaining route for oil exports following the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz—Saudi Arabia has essentially ceased exporting oil;
Furthermore, it has already applied for a massive loan from the World Bank due to its dire economic state.
The fall of the Bab al-Mandab Strait into Houthi hands represents yet another disaster of unprecedented proportions for the Saudis, who were already seeing 50% of their ships attacked and blocked.
It is truly baffling to imagine how they will extricate themselves from this quagmire they have plunged into.
Mike