TotalEnergies says SATORP refinery in Saudi Arabia damaged after incidents
French oil major TotalEnergies said on Friday that one of the SATORP refinery's processing trains in Saudi Arabia had been damaged after incidents that took place during the night of Tuesday to Wednesday, which prompted it to shut down the units as a safety precaution.
Saudi Arabia's oil production capacity has been reduced by around 600,000 bpd following attacks on energy facilities.
The Saudi Press Agency reported on Thursday, citing an official source at the energy ministry, that throughput along the East-West Pipeline has dropped by about 700,000 bpd. The pipeline, which media reported was attacked by Iran hours after a ceasefire to pause the war with the U.S. and Israel was agreed, is currently the only Saudi export route available for crude oil.
The SATORP site in the eastern Saudi city of Jubail processes 465,000 bpd of crude oil, making it one of the world's largest refining platforms. Saudi state oil giant Aramco owns 62.5% of SATORP, while TotalEnergies holds a 37.5% interest.
TotalEnergies said it was carrying out an assessment of the consequences for the refinery’s operations, and that no casualties had been reported.
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