Top crude exporter Saudi Arabia announced a “temporary reduction” in oil output at a facility run by energy giant Aramco on Sunday, after Yemen’s revolutionaries launched several retaliatory attacks in the Saudi depth.
A drone assault on the YASREF refinery, in the Yanbu Industrial City on the Red Sea, has “led to a temporary reduction in the refinery’s production, which will be compensated for from the inventory,” the energy ministry said in a statement. There were no casualties, it added.
The statement cited a Saudi ministry official as saying two drone attacks at around 5:30 a.m. local time were launched at Yanbu’s gas plant and another on YASREF, which produces 400,000 barrels per day, according to its website.
The official condemned the attacks, saying they followed a Saturday “drone assault” on a petroleum products distribution terminal in Jizan in the south of the country.
Yemeni revolutionaries announced on Sunday they have struck the Saudi depth in a new operation in retaliation for the ongoing aggression by Riyadh against the Arab impoverished country.
In a statement, Spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier Yahya Saree said ‘Operation Breaking Siege-2’ targeted sensitive sites across Saudi Arabia with ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones.
Source: Agencies
