Fire extinguished at Aramco facility in Jazan

Firefighters doused a blaze that erupted early Sunday at a Saudi Aramco facility in Jazan, southwestern Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi Energy Ministry. No one was injured in the incident, and Aramco's industrial security teams managed to bring the fire under control. The ministry stated that relevant authorities were handling the situation. The cause of the fire was not disclosed.

Jazan, a city located on the Red Sea near the Yemeni border, was the site of the fire. On July 27, Aramco suspended operations at its 400,000 barrel-per-day Jazan refinery following an attack by Yemen's Houthi militants. The assault damaged the plant's Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) complex and tank farm area.

The Houthi group claimed responsibility for the attack on Jazan and Yanbu. These strikes raised concerns about potential threats to Red Sea shipping and Saudi oil infrastructure, which could exacerbate global disruption caused by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran and Iranian attacks on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

Aramco CEO Amin Nasser indicated in a recent interview that recent attacks on the company's facilities resulted in some production interruptions, but he expressed confidence that operations would resume swiftly. He emphasized that the attacks had no substantial operational or financial impact.