Saudi Aramco has extinguished a minor fire that broke out on July 18 at its 126,000-b/d refinery in Riyadh.
Aramco fire protection crews and civil defense firefighters brought the fire under control shortly after it occurred, the operator said in a post to its official Twitter account.
No personnel were injured as a result of the incident, and there is no impact to operations at the site, Aramco said.
While Aramco confirmed the fire was caused by an operational incident at the refinery, the operator disclosed no further details regarding the operational upset.
In a separate post on July 18 to the official Twitter account of Al-Masira television channel—run by Yemen’s Houthi rebel movement—the Iranian-allied group claimed its drone air forces targeted the Riyadh refinery, according to reports from local media outlets in the region.
The Saudi-Iranian conflict remains contentious in Yemen, where the Saudi military continues to fight Iranian-backed Houthi rebels (OGJ Online, Dec. 6, 2017; Nov. 7, 2017).
Contact Robert Brelsford at rbrelsford.com.
