The facilities attacked in Saudi Arabia include its largest refinery and the second largest oil field. Therefore, although the scale of the attack is small, it is oil that is bad. As a result, the daily output of Saudi oil decreased by 5.7 million barrels, while the current daily output is 9.8 million barrels, which is equivalent to a reduction of Saudi oil production by half. Saudi Arabia's 5.7 million barrels of oil a day has accounted for 6% of the world's oil consumption, which is close to the warning line of 7%. According to the report, the international oil price hit the highest level in the past four months, and the price of Brent crude oil rose by 19.5% to $7 1.95 per barrel, the biggest increase in 28 years.
As a major oil supplier to many countries, Saudi Arabia is trying to resume production to avoid an oil crisis, but it will still take several weeks to fully recover. The rise in international oil prices has had a great impact on oil importing countries. Take China as an example. In 20 18, China imported 460 million tons of oil, with an import value of10.6 trillion US dollars. If the price of crude oil rises by 20%, the import cost will increase by more than $300 billion. Therefore, the fluctuation of international oil price is bound to increase the import cost of crude oil in various countries. If the rising cost is still within the tolerance of importing countries, the short-term oil supply shortage will become a huge problem. Therefore, in order to avoid long-term "oil shortage", many countries consider using oil reserves when necessary to avoid the possibility of short-term oil supply gap.
Gu Yun: People who are aloof from the cold are suspicious. Saudi Arabia's oil facilities were attacked, and the biggest profit was not from the Houthi armed forces, but from the members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and the United States. Members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries can seize the opportunity to increase production, seize the international market and obtain a large amount of foreign exchange. The United States can use the relationship between Iran and Houthi armed forces to pour dirty water on Iran, and at the same time, it can also use its allies who try to bypass the dollar to develop a new settlement system and strengthen its dependence on the United States. Therefore, the attack on Saudi Arabia is likely to have the shadow of the United States behind it.