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Buqayq, Saudi Arabia, the location of the Abqaiq (Abqayq) oil-processing facility

Two or three cars approached the gates of the Saudi oil facility that processes 2/3 of the Kingdom's oil and were blown up by guards during a gunfight while they were stopped at about 3p local time.  Oil production and export from Saudi continues, unabated.  Oil prices (delivery of crude, April) went up $1.36/barrel as of this writing. This attack recalls Zawahiri's 12/2005 call to attack Arabian oil facilities.

“I call on the holy warriors to concentrate their campaigns on the stolen oil of the Muslims, most of the revenues of which go to the enemies of Islam"
bloomberg, financial times

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Other names for Buqayq: Abaqaiq, Abqaik, Abkayk, Abqayq, Bukayk, Madinat Abqaiq, Abqaiq


Buqayq, centered, in relation to the Persian Gulf, Bahrain, and Qatar, LandSat 7 Visible

Buqayq, close up, LandSat 7 Pseudo Color

Buqayq, close up, LandSat 7 Visible

Imagery from NASA World Wind.

Update: Stratfor: Saudi Arabia: Anatomy of the Abqaiq Bombing Attempt, A Shift in Al Qaeda's Thinking