{"id":1364214,"date":"2026-03-02T11:35:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/one-of-the-largest-refineries-in-the-world-suspended-its-operations-after-the-iranian-attack-all-the-details\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T11:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T09:35:52","slug":"one-of-the-largest-refineries-in-the-world-suspended-its-operations-after-the-iranian-attack-all-the-details","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/one-of-the-largest-refineries-in-the-world-suspended-its-operations-after-the-iranian-attack-all-the-details\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the largest refineries in the world suspended its operations after the Iranian attack: all the details"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">In Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco&#8217;s Ras Tanura oil refinery has suspended operations after an attack. According to preliminary data, the strike on the facility was carried out by a drone.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israel-strikes-lebanon-following-hezbollah-attacks-widening-iran-conflict-2026-03-02\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Saudi Arabia&#8217;s state-owned oil and gas company Saudi Aramco has suspended operations at its Ras Tanura plant, which journalists say was hit by a drone strike.<\/p>\n<p> Media reports citing correspondents indicate that a Shahed-136 drone may have been used in the attack. Local authorities reported that the fire was contained and the situation was under control.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> BREAKING: Sky News Arabia claims Saudi Aramco&#8217;s Ras Tanura refinery was shut down following a drone attack. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YGXRzfhQms\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/YGXRzfhQms<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2028371868164485136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> A video of an alleged fire at the complex has been shared on social media. The footage shows thick smoke rising above the facility after an explosion, but the authenticity of the video has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"> BREAKING: Iran reportedly struck Saudi oil infrastructure, including Aramco&#8217;s Ras Tanura facility \u2014 one of the world&#8217;s largest oil export hubs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kxoxqclNLo\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/kxoxqclNLo<\/a><\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Clash Report (@clashreport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2028367383212019863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 2, 2026<\/a> <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> There is currently no official information from the Saudi Arabian authorities regarding the scale of the consequences of the attack.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, on Monday, March 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/tsiny-na-naftu-strimko-zrostaiut-cherez-eskalatsiiu-navkolo-iranu-shcho-prohnozuiut-analityky\/\">global oil prices rose sharply amid the escalation of the conflict over Iran<\/a> and risks to supplies through the Strait of Hormuz. The cost of the benchmark Brent grade reached its highest level since January 2025, showing the largest increase in 4 years.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier it was reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/iran-perekryv-nayvazhlyvishyy-marshrut-postachannia-nafty-z-blyzkoho-skhodu-shcho-vidbuvaietsia-v-ormuzkiy-prototsi\/\">Iran had blocked the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf<\/a> , a key route for oil supplies from the Middle East. The movement of oil tankers in the strait has been effectively halted, and ships have reduced their speed to zero.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Saudi Arabia, Saudi Aramco&#8217;s Ras Tanura oil refinery has suspended operations after an attack. According to preliminary data, the strike on the facility was carried out by a drone. This is reported by Reuters . Saudi Arabia&#8217;s state-owned oil and gas company Saudi Aramco has suspended operations at its Ras Tanura plant, which journalists [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1364208,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1364214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1364214"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1364214\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1364208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1364214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1364214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}