The Abqaiq compound itself had a population of
approximately 1,950 in 2005, though the inclusion of the population
outside the compound, brings this number closer to 30,000.
of the Abqaiq facility’s capacity, the failure of this attempt at a
spectacular attack is symptomatic of extremely decentralized nature,
where disparate groups often work autonomously without the ability or
future production from Abqaiq was revealed in a Nansen Saleri
(formerly of Saudi Aramco) presentation at CERA Week in February 2007
shown below (click for larger version):
the following year Abqaiq was linked to Riyadh and Ad-Dammām
by rail. The town’s facilities include pumping stations, gas-oil
separator plants, and pipelines.
Abqaiq, the largest oil processing facility in the world, a few hours
after weekly noon prayers on Friday, possibly hoping to catch guards
by surprise on what is normally the quietest
The Abqaiq facility processes about 5-7 million barrels a day,
removing hydrogen sulfide from crude oil to make it safe for shipping,
before it is pumped to tankers for export.
storm the Abqaiq oil facility in the first direct strike on a Saudi
energy target since the militant group launched attacks aimed at
toppling the U.S.-allied monarchy in 2003.
The Abqaiq strike was the first major attack by militants opposed to
the Saudi monarchy since suicide bombers tried to storm the Interior
Ministry in Riyadh in December
Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq Plants Facility Used a Plant Information System
to Conenct All Its DCSs and Other Automation Systems for Efficient
Production
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that Abqaiq Plants had to integrate a 23-point-to-point connection
infrastructure based on the VMS and Unix platforms that connected all
the distributed control systems (DCS) and other automation
After the foiled attempt to attack the Abqaiq refinery in
2006, al-Qaeda issued a book that legitimized the targeting of oil
pipelines and oil workers who facilitate the looting of the ummah's
suicide bombers on Abqaiq, which processes most of the 9.6m b/d Saudi
output. But the first direct attack on Saudi energy assets sent
jitters through markets.
of the Abqaiq attack was meant to reassure the world that al-Qaeda is
incapable of disrupting the kingdom's oil production and export
capacity and that the Abqaiq incident demonstrated
the two "terrorists" who attempted to bomb Abqaiq were on the list of
36 most-wanted "deviants" published by Riyadh last June, 21 of whom
escaped the country (probably to Iraq).
The Abqaiq compound itself had a population of
approximately 1,950 in 2005, though the inclusion of the population
outside the compound, brings this
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proximity of the Samarra and Abqaiq achieve the desired effects for al
Qaeda – large scale operations designed to disrupt the governments of
Iraq and Saudi Arabia while demonstrating al Qaeda's power and
The Abqaiq facility is one of the largest and vulnerable plants in
Saudi Arabia, and while the strike was unsuccessful at damaging the
infrastructure, the price of oil
Abqaiq, northeast of some of the largest Saudi oilfields (including
the huge Ghawar field) handles around two-thirds of the entire oil
production of Saudi Arabia.
ensured that Abqaiq is particularly well-guarded, indeed the most
heavily-protected plant in the kingdom. It is perhaps no surprise,
then, that the attack failed.
In the case of Abqaiq, even if some of the facilities were destroyed,
Saudi Aramco has claimed that it has backup and redundant facilities
to produce at near capacity.
place at the Abqaiq oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, but early
reports indicate that an attempted attack was foiled by Saudi security
forces on February 24, 2006.
To begin, Abqaiq, like most giant fields, has been around for a long
time, and when it was first developed, by a relatively small group
during the Second World War, there were
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ABQAIQ, Saudi Arabia - Suicide bombers carried out a bold attack on
the world's largest oil processing facility yesterday but were stopped
from breaking in by guards who fired on their cars, exploding both
