Saudi Arabia Reports Fire at Aramco's Jizan Refinery, Extinguished by Firefighters

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy announced via X in the early hours of the 9th (local time) that a fire broke out at an auxiliary facility of the state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco's refinery in Jizan Province, and that it has been extinguished by firefighters.

There were no casualties resulting from the fire, and the cause of the fire or the scale of the facility damage has not yet been disclosed.

Located on the southwestern coast of Saudi Arabia, Jizan Province is about 60 kilometers from the Yemeni border, making it a frequent target for Yemen's pro-Iran Houthi rebels.

In response to Saudi attacks on Hodeidah, the Houthi rebels retaliated with a missile attack on Aramco's Jizan refinery complex on June 25, which led to the facility temporarily suspending operations two days later.

The Jizan refinery complex has a processing capacity of 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day and includes refining and petrochemical complexes as well as an integrated gasification combined-cycle power plant.

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