About 1 million barrels a day of UAE crude pass through Fujairah, and the hub was hit by a drone attack on Monday that forced ADNOC to suspend crude loading. Civil defence teams fought three fires in the Fujairah Oil Industry Zone, the Fujairah Media office said, and reported no casualties. Two sources said some loading later resumed and that two of the three single point moorings were operational. The strike comes after a separate weekend halt and amid wider fighting that has already cut UAE output sharply.
ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi state oil company, halted crude loading at Fujairah after the attack, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters. The company’s crude terminals were among the sites hit, the source said. Two other sources added that limited loading restarted later and that two of three single point moorings were back in service.
The Fujairah Media office said civil defence teams were deployed immediately to contain the blaze in the oil industrial zone. Three separate fires were reported during Monday afternoon, including by a witness in the area. The office said no casualties were reported.
Why Fujairah matters
Fujairah sits on the Gulf of Oman, just outside the Strait of Hormuz. Tankers can load there without transiting the narrow strait. The terminal typically handles about 1 million barrels per day of crude. That makes it a key exit point for UAE exports.
Operations at the bunkering and loading hub have already been unsettled in recent days. Authorities suspended activity over the weekend after an earlier drone strike, and operations had only just resumed. Reuters reported that the wider conflict involving Iran has effectively closed parts of the Strait of Hormuz and forced ADNOC to implement broad production shut-ins, cutting UAE daily output by more than half.
Those production changes and repeated disruptions at Fujairah have a clear operational impact. Tankers that normally load at Fujairah now face delays or longer routes. And oil that would leave the UAE through the Gulf of Oman may be redirected or held in storage until loadings are safe.
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Two sources said limited loading later resumed and two of the three single point moorings were operational; Fujairah media said no casualties.
This article was created with AI assistance.
