91.3K
Downloads
365
Episodes
As one of the world’s most influential business hubs, the Middle East requires expert attention. Business Extra provides those experts, as well as news and insights from The National’s esteemed team of business editors and reporters, who are on top of the markets, technology, the energy sector and more.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Saudi oil attack ramifications locally and globally
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Tuesday Sep 17, 2019
Early on Saturday morning, attacks on Saudi Aramco’s giant oil plant caused major fires, disrupting about half of the kingdom’s crude production.
From a record spike in oil prices to an escalation of tensions in the region after the US blamed Iran for being behind the strikes. The fallout has everyone inside the region and around the world on tenterhooks for what it could mean for global energy markets and Middle East stability.
Host Mustafa Alrawi, assistant editor in chief and Kelsey Warner, assistant business editor, welcome The National’s energy correspondent, Jennifer Gnana and foreign editor James Haines-Young, for an in depth discussion on the ramifications of the attacks in the region and globally.
In this episode:
- Saudi oil attack (1m 11s)
- Headlines (25m 56s)
Read more on our website:
• Anwar Gargash: Saudi Aramco attacks a 'dangerous escalation'
• Anwar Gargash: Saudi Aramco attacks a 'dangerous escalation'
Version: 20240320