Some Fujairah oil operations outside Strait of Hormuz suspended after drone attack and fire

Some oil loading operations in the United Arab Emirates' Fujairah emirate, a major bunkering hub outside the Strait of Hormuz, have ⁠been suspended after ‌a drone attack ⁠and fire on Saturday morning, Bloomberg News reported on ‌Saturday citing people familiar ⁠with the matter.

The attacks come after US forces struck Iran’s Kharg Island, vital to the country’s oil exports. Iran said in response that any strike on oil and energy infrastructure would lead to attacks on US-linked energy facilities in the region.

The fire occurred ​after debris fell during the interception of a drone. Emirates Media office said that ​no injuries were reported. It added that civil defence forces are handling ​the incident to contain the fire.


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Government did not provide any ​information ​about the reported suspension of operations.

Bloomberg ⁠News earlier reported that some oil-loading operations in ​the port of Fujairah, outside ​the Strait of Hormuz, had been suspended after a drone attack and fire.

Earlier on Tuesday, ADNOC shut its Ruwais ​refinery ​in response ⁠to a fire at a facility within the complex following a drone strike, a source with knowledge ​of the situation told Reuters, in further disruption of energy infrastructure due to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.