Between Abqaiq and a hard place
The five factors shipping should be looking at in the wake of the weekend attack on Abqaiq — the largest oil processing facility in the world and seen as the nerve centre of the Saudi energy system
While immediate attention is being paid to oil price rises, the eventual timing of a restoration of Saudi Arabia’s production and the intervening rejig of global energy supply routes will inevitably influence multiple key factors for shipping over the coming weeks