![Workers repair a damaged refining tower at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq crude oil processing plant following a drone attack in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Saudi Aramco revealed the significant damage caused by an aerial strike on its Khurais oil field and Abqaiq crude-processing plant last weekend, and insisted that the sites will be back to pre-attack output levels by the end of the month. Photographer: Faisal Al Nasser/Bloomberg](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/ZW7TKIDNYVUXWCVGX6RUBJUIXY.jpg?smart=true&auth=66ab6fec78984220c6a413ec74ea78cc495e7e8b3d9161cbdaa7b3829291376a&width=400&height=225)
Workers repair a damaged refining tower at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq crude oil processing plant following an attack in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg
Workers repair a damaged refining tower at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq crude oil processing plant following an attack in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia. Bloomberg
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