Attack on Saudi oil facility

Arab News:

The Kingdom yesterday foiled a terrorist attack on its largest oil processing facility at Abqaiq in the Eastern Province.

Terrorists in two explosives-laden cars attacked the facility in the afternoon, but were prevented from breaking through the gates when guards opened fire on them. The vehicles exploded and killed their occupants. Authorities confirmed that two terrorists were killed and two guards severely wounded in the attack.

Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Ali Al-Naimi said the blast “did not affect operations” at the facility, denying an earlier report on Al-Arabiya television that the flow of oil was halted briefly after a pipeline was damaged.

The facility “continues to operate normally. Export operations continue in full,” Al-Naimi said in a statement.

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