LONDON: Saudi Aramco has delayed the tentative restart of its 400,000-barrel-per-day Jazan oil refinery by about two weeks, to August 30, according to an alert from industry monitor IIR seen by Reuters.Yemen's Houthi militants said on Sunday they had attacked the refinery, which has been shut since July 27 following a previous Houthi attack, according to an earlier IIR alert seen by Reuters.Also Read: Fire extinguished at Aramco facility in Jazan, Saudi Arabia saysSaudi Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said on Sunday that Aramco's industrial firefighting teams had extinguished a fire that broke out early that day at a facility belonging to the refinery.It did not provide any further information about the plant's operations.
Saudi Aramco delays Jazan oil refinery restart to August 30, IIR note shows
Saudi Aramco has delayed the Jazan refinery restart by two weeks. The facility shut down on July twenty-seventh after a Houthi attack. Yemen's Houthi militants claimed responsibility for a recent refinery strike. Saudi Arabia's energy ministry confirmed a fire was extinguished at the plant. The refinery's tentative restart is now scheduled for August thirtieth.
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