Saudi Aramco releases statement on oil carrier attack
Published by Lydia Woellwarth,
Editor
World Pipelines,
A statement by Saudi Aramco on yesterday’s attack on two Bahri Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC) transporting the company’s crude oil.
As confirmed a short while ago by the Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, H.E. Khalid Al-Falih, two Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs), each with a two million bbls capacity, operated by the Saudi National Shipping Company, Bahri, and transporting Saudi Aramco crude oil were attacked by terrorist Houthi militia yesterday morning in the Red Sea. One of the ships sustained minimal damage. No injuries nor oil spill have been reported.
In the interest of the safety of ships and their crews and to avoid the risk of oil spill, Saudi Aramco has temporarily halted all oil shipments through Bab El-Mandeb with immediate effect. The Company is carefully assessing the situation and will take further action as prudence demands.
Read the article online at: https://www.worldpipelines.com/business-news/26072018/saudi-aramco-releases-statement-on-oil-carrier-attack/
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