Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Oil loading operations have been suspended at the port of Fujairah after a drone attack sparked a fire in the emirate’s petroleum industrial zone, two sources told Reuters on Monday.
Suspension following fire in industrial zone
Civil defense teams were working to control the blaze, the Fujairah government media office said in a statement, adding that no casualties had been reported.
Key export and bunkering hub
Fujairah, located on the Gulf of Oman just outside the Strait of Hormuz, is typically a critical exit point for about 1 million barrels per day of the UAE’s Murban crude, a volume equivalent to roughly 1% of global demand.
Second disruption in recent days
The suspension marked the second major disruption at Fujairah in recent days. Operations had resumed on Sunday following a separate drone strike over the weekend.
Wider impact on shipping through Strait of Hormuz
The attacks come as the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has strained shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that normally handles a fifth of the world’s oil supply.
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