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Houthis claim third drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery

The Jazan facility, a 400-barrels-per-day refinery, had already been closed at end of July due to earlier damage, according to the report.

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OilPrice reports that the Iran-aligned Houthi group claimed it targeted Saudi Aramco’s Jazan oil refinery on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast using drones.

The outlet says the group described Tuesday’s strike as the third attack on the facility in two weeks, and noted there was no immediate confirmation from Saudi Arabia about the reported incident.

OilPrice adds that Jazan was shut down at the end of July due to damage from a prior Houthi attack, and that the escalation has raised security and safety risks for Middle East oil and fuel flows.

The report also states that Saudi Arabia re-routed some oil exports from Yanbu on the Red Sea to the Suez Canal and the Egyptian port of Sidi Kerir on the Mediterranean, as shipping risks in the Red Sea have reportedly prompted some Asian refiners to seek alternative delivery points.

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