Houthi Drone Strikes Disrupt Half of Saudi Oil Output
Yemen's Houthi rebels claim responsibility for drone attacks that spark fires at two major Saudi Aramco facilities, impacting five million barrels of daily production.
Drone attacks claimed by Yemen's Houthi rebels cause massive fires at two major Saudi Aramco facilities, severely disrupting global oil supplies. The strikes target the Abqaiq oil processing plant and the Khurais oil field, impacting approximately five million barrels per day of crude production and cutting the kingdom's output nearly in half.
Saudi interior ministry officials state that emergency teams successfully bring the blazes under control, though the extent of any casualties remains unclear. Online videos show thick smoke rising from the Abqaiq facility, highlighting the physical scale of the damage to the world's largest oil exporter's critical infrastructure.
The Houthis confirm that ten drones carry out the coordinated assault and vow to expand their range of targets across Saudi Arabia in retaliation for years of coalition airstrikes. In response, the Saudi-led military coalition condemns the strikes as terrorist attacks and promises to take necessary measures to safeguard national assets and international energy security.