{"id":130954,"date":"2026-08-09T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=130954"},"modified":"2026-08-09T11:01:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T06:01:39","slug":"fire-extinguished-at-aramco-refinery-in-jazan-saudi-arabia-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/130954\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire extinguished at Aramco refinery in Jazan, Saudi Arabia says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web Desk(National Times)- (National Times)- Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out early on Sunday at a facility at Aramco\u2019s Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Energy Ministry said, adding that there were no injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aramco\u2019s industrial security teams had brought the fire under control and the relevant authorities were completing procedures to deal with the incident, the ministry said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It did not say what caused the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Jazan refinery processes 400,000 barrels of crude oil per day and produces refined products including gasoline and ultra-light sulfur diesel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aramco&nbsp;shut down&nbsp;the refinery on July 27 following an attack by Yemen\u2019s Houthi rebels that damaged the plant\u2019s Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) complex and tank farm area, according to a note from consultancy IIR seen by&nbsp;Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Houthis said at the time they had struck Aramco sites in Jazan and Yanbu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks raised the prospect that threats to Red Sea shipping and Saudi oil infrastructure could widen global disruption stemming from the US-Israeli war on Iran and Iranian attacks on shipping around the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Desk(National Times)- (National Times)- Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out early on Sunday at a facility at Aramco\u2019s Jazan refinery in southwestern Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Energy Ministry said, adding that there were no injuries. 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