Smoke is seen following a fire at an Aramco oil plant in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019
Smoke is seen following a fire at an Aramco oil plant in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia, September 14, 2019

Drone Attack on Saudi Aramco Oil Plants led to Fires

The Saudi ministry of interior announced on Saturday morning, the control of two fires in two oil plants belonging to the company "Saudi Aramco" in the Saudi provinces Abqaiq and Khurais. The fires were triggered by a drone attack by the Iranian-back terrorist Houthi militias.

Theministry of interior said that the two fires broke out in the two plants as aresult of being targeted by drone attack, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA).

"At 4:00 am Saturday, Aramco's industrial security teams started in fighting two fires in two plants of the company in Abqaiq and Khurais as a result of being targeted by drone attack," the ministry of interior's security spokesman said.

  • The fires in Aramco's oil plants, located in Abqaiq and Khurais, were controlled, Saudi Arabia's interior ministry was quoted as saying.

"Thetwo fires have been brought under control and their spread has been curbed, andthe competent authorities have started the investigation," the ministry ofinterior's security spokesman continued.

InMay, two Saudi Aramco's oil pumping stations in Al-Duwadimi and Afif provincesin Riyadh were targeted by drone booby-trapped aircraft.

SaudiAramco confirmed, at that time, that there were no casualties in this attack,pointing out that its customers' supplies of crude oil and gas "were notaffected".

Inthe wake of the incident, Saudi Arabia demanded that the United Nationsimplement UN Security Council resolutions, which prohibit the Iranian-backterrorist Houthi militias from using the port of Al-Hudaydah in western Yemenas a platform to launch terrorist operations.

Riyadhconsidered that these Houthi practices undermine the efforts of the UnitedNations to reach a peaceful solution, calling on the Security Council to takeimmediate measures to disarm the coup Houthi militias and to prevent anescalation in the region and the outbreak of regional confrontations.

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