Fire-damaged Saudi pier resumes operations
State oil company Saudi Aramco said yesterday that operations had resumed from a fire-damaged pier at the world's largest offshore oil export terminal, although two berths remained closed.
Four people died and 12 were injured as a result of the fire on Thursday. Crude and oil product exports from the terminal were unaffected, Aramco said. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, and Ras Tanura has the capacity to load between 5.5 million and 6 million barrels per day of oil.
'The Ras Tanura North Pier is back in operation, but the two berths affected by the fire are currently not in service,' Aramco said in a statement.
Aramco said it was able to divert exports to other berths. It could not give more detail on when the pier restarted operations. The closed berths were numbers 10 and 11, Aramco said.
Four people died and 12 were injured as a result of the fire on Thursday. Crude and oil product exports from the terminal were unaffected, Aramco said. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, and Ras Tanura has the capacity to load between 5.5 million and 6 million barrels per day of oil.
'The Ras Tanura North Pier is back in operation, but the two berths affected by the fire are currently not in service,' Aramco said in a statement.
Aramco said it was able to divert exports to other berths. It could not give more detail on when the pier restarted operations. The closed berths were numbers 10 and 11, Aramco said.