Operations at the Habshan gas facilities, the biggest gas processing site in the United Arab Emirates, were suspended early on Friday following a fire that erupted after an attack, Abu Dhabi Media Office said.
The Habshan onshore facilities are part of one of the world’s largest gas processing plants, which is operated by Abu Dhabi’s national oil company ADNOC. The five plants of the vast Habshan Complex have 14 processing trains and 6.1 bscfd capacity, according to the company.
This is the second time operations at Habshan have been suspended following attacks since the war began.
Abu Dhabi Media Office said on Friday that the “Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to an incident of falling debris at the Habshan gas facilities, following successful interception by air defence systems.”
“Operations have been suspended while authorities respond to a fire. No injuries have been reported,” the media office added.
Apart from hosting the UAE’s largest gas processing complex, Habshan is home to oil facilities and is the starting point for the Habshan-Fujairah crude pipeline to Fujairah, the port that sits outside the Strait of Hormuz and can help re-route part of UAE’s oil exports away from the de facto closed chokepoint.
Fujairah itself has also been targeted by Iran in several attacks since the war began.
Separately, another Gulf producer, Kuwait, also reported another Iranian attack on Friday. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) confirmed that the Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery was targeted in a drone attack early on Friday, resulting in fires in several operational units.
No injuries have been reported in the attack, which is the second on the refinery, located 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Kuwait City. The facility has the capacity to process 346,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil.
Mina Al-Ahmadi was hit by drone attacks on March 20, which caused fires in several units.
By Charles Kennedy for Oilprice.com
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