Saudi Aramco headquarters attacked, limited fire reported
By Timour Azhari, Maha El Dahan and Menna AlaaElDin RIYADH, Oct 13 (Reuters) - The headquartersof Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco in the eastern city of Dhahran was attacked on Tuesday night, causing what the kingdom's energy ministry said in a statement was a limited fire, as fighting between Yemen's Iran-allied Houthis and the kingdom intensified. Authorities responded to…
A missile strike by Houthi rebels targeted an administrative building of Saudi Arabia's state energy company, Aramco, causing a fire in the historic heart of the kingdom's oil industry. No casualties were reported. The complex, spread across 58 square kilometers, houses key research and development sites, energy operations, and thousands of employees and their families.
Authorities described the explosion as incredibly loud, with residents reporting seeing smoke and flames rising from the site. The Dhahran district, Aramco's headquarters, was the primary target, with the complex also including a research and development center and the Expec Advanced Research Centre. This attack is the latest in a series of incidents targeting Aramco facilities, including drone and missile strikes on oil processing centers in 2019 and 2022, and a fire at Ras Tanura refinery in early 2023.
Aramco, a majority-owned state company, can quickly restore its maximum sustainable production of 12 million barrels per day, according to its CEO Amin Nasser.
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