A fuel tank at Oman’s Duqm commercial port was attacked by several unmanned aerial vehicles on Tuesday, the fourth day of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, state news agency reported. Iran has fought back by targeting neighboring countries.
The attack came a day after Qatar halted production of liquefied natural gas, which accounts for about a fifth of global supplies, and Saudi Arabia halted production at its largest refinery.
Israel’s main gas fields, including Leviathan, have been shut down, and production in most of Iraq’s Kurdish regions has been halted as Iran continued to target energy facilities, ports, airports and other infrastructure in recent days.
Before the attack on Iran, Oman was acting as a mediator in negotiations between the United States and Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Oman News Agency added that the damage in Duqm was contained and there were no casualties. Duqm was also targeted by two drones on Sunday, injuring one worker. Oman had escaped Saturday’s attack, which was launched by the United States and Israel.
The Abu Dhabi Government Press Office said on Monday that a fire broke out at the Mussafah fuel tank terminal after it was targeted by a drone, but its operations were not affected.
Abu Dhabi’s national oil giant ADNOC operates a facility in Mussafah, from where it transports fuel by truck through a 1,600-kilometre (994-mile) pipeline network.
(Reporting by Ahmed Elimam; Writing by Yousef Saba; Editing by David Goodman and Louise Heavens)
