Doha, Sept. 18 -- The drone attack on Saudi Arabia's national oil company Aramco had triggered fire in a total of 13 localities across its compounds, but the blaze was contained in mere seven hours, Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said at a press conference on Tuesday.

Over the weekend, Saudi Aramco had to close two its compounds, the Abqaiq and Khurais facilities, after they were hit by drones and then caught fire. As a result, the Saudi oil production level almost halved, which triggered a surge of oil prices worldwide.

"The attacks triggered fire in 13 localities across Saudi Aramco facilities," Nasser said.

According to the oil giant's CEO, it took only seven hours to contain the fire and at the moment 2 million barrels of oil per day...