Saudi Aramco, the national oil company of Saudi Arabia, shut down its Jazan oil refinery on Tuesday after a Houthi missile and drone attack damaged key facilities at the site.
PREMIUM TIMES previously reported that even though the US and Iran stopped exchanging strikes on Friday night, a new war front has emerged between Houthis in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
This paper also reported that the Houthis fired missiles and drones at Aramco’s facilities in Jazan and Yanbu last Saturday. The group said its strikes were retaliation for Saudi attacks on Hodeida, Yemen’s port city on the Red Sea coast.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that the Houthi attack damaged the refinery’s integrated gasification combined-cycle complex and an oil storage area.
Aramco plans to complete repairs and begin restarting operations by 15 August.
