The right of Saudi Arabia and the UAE to defend their interests after the attacks on oil pumping stations in the kingdom and tankers off the UAE were supported in a Gulf Arab statement
As part of the deal, Saudi will supply as much as 5,00,000 barrels per day of crude oil or 25 million tonnes annually to Reliance
Vision 2030 of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will also result in significant expansion of trade and business between India and Saudi Arabia
The austere kingdom, which forbids alcohol and has a strict social code, is seen by many as a hard sell for tourists
Delivery of cylinders is taking around 10 to 15 days in some of the states
Aerial strikes on the two plants on September 14 disabled 5% of global crude supply, driving Brent crude higher by the most on record
Crude output from the Khurais field is now at 1.3 million bpd and the Abqaiq plant is currently at about 4.9 million bpd
In the last couple of years, both countries signed several agreements in the field of security, including an extradition treaty
India depends on Saudi Arabia for a fifth of its oil imports and has been in constant touch with Kingdom officials on securing its supplies
The United States on Friday imposed more sanctions, targeting the Central Bank of Iran, which was already under US sanctions
Tensions escalated between arch-foes Iran and the United States after last weekend's attacks on Saudi energy giant Aramco
The Sept. 14 attacks on the Abqaiq and Khurais plants, some of the kingdom's biggest, caused raging fires and significant damage that halved the crude output of the world's top oil exporter
Esper and Dunford are still deciding on the specific number of troops and weapons systems
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir said the probe would prove that the Sept. 14 strikes had come from the north and that Iran bore responsibility
Yemen's Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attacks but a US official said they originated from southwestern Iran
The attack could affect flows of both crude oil and refined products, as Saudi Arabia cuts deliveries to its own processing plants
Crude oil loading delays were widespread as most buyers have received Aramco's request to push back shipments in October by 7-10 days
Iran again denied involvement in the Sept. 14 raids, which hit the world's biggest crude oil processing facility and initially knocked out half of Saudi output
The Saudis clearly were not prepared for this assault, which was unusual in its execution and unprecedented in its targeting
On display were parts of drones and missiles labeled as Iranian-made