Smoke appeared above the oil plant in the Saudi city of Jeddah on Friday, according to several media reports, with the Yemeni group from Houthi attacking Saudi Aramco territory with arrows.
The Associated Press quoted videos of the blaze at the oil depot, saying the fire station was near the North Jeddah Bulk Plant – located southeast of the city’s airport. Meanwhile, a Reuters source said the Saudi Aramco base had been beaten. The Formula One car race is expected to take place in Jeddah this weekend.
The Iranian-backed Houthi said they were investigating the strike and a military spokesman added that they also used unmanned aircraft to hit the Ras Tanura and Rabigh refineries, according to Reuters. Additional claims could not be verified.
Brent crude settled 1.36% higher at $ 120.65 per barrel, while U.S. The West Texas Intermediate crude added 1.39% to end the day at $ 113.90. They both traded in the wrong place at the beginning of the session.
A Saudi Aramco spokesman could not be reached for comment.
2019 attack
On Sunday morning, Saudi authorities confirmed the attack on Aramco facilities last weekend, with Houthi rebels using arrows and drones to target at least six locations across the state, including the Aramco gas station and natural gas station.
“There were no injuries or deaths, and there was no impact on the company’s customer service,” Aramco chief executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday in a lead call.
The Hittites have attacked thousands of cross-border archers and drones in Saudi Arabia in the years since Riyadh launched a Yemeni air strike, killing tens of thousands of Yemenis.
Aramco was hit hard by its facilities in 2019, when strikes at Abqaiq and Khurais bases cut off almost half of state oil production in one day.
Abqaiq, in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, is the world’s largest oil processing plant and crude oil processing plant capable of processing more than 7 million barrels per day. Khurais is the second largest oil spill in the country with a pump capacity of about 1.5 million bpd.
That attack in 2019 has been the largest in Saudi oil infrastructure since Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in 1990, when Iraqi troops fired Scud missiles at the empire.