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Nov 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's crude oil exports in
September fell by 3% to 6.67 million barrels per day (bpd) from
6.88 million bpd in August, official data showed on Monday.
Drone and missile attacks on Sept. 14 on two plants at the
heart of Saudi Arabia's oil industry - Abqaiq and Khurais -
temporarily knocked out more than half the Kingdom's output.
The United States said Iran sponsored the attacks, a claim
which Tehran denied. September crude output fell by 660,000 bpd to 9.129 million
bpd, figures from the Joint Organizations Data Initiative (JODI)
showed.
Crude stocks fell by 20.27 million bpd to 152.48 million bpd
while domestic refinery crude throughput rose by 10,000 bpd to
2.584 million bpd, the data showed. Following the attacks the kingdom managed to maintain
supplies to customers partly by drawing from its huge oil
inventories. Saudi Arabia and other members of the Organization of the
Petroleum Exporting Countries provide monthly export figures to
the JODI which publishes them on its website.