UAE port of Fujairah halts oil operations

2026-03-16 - 09:44

The Fujairah government said civil defence teams are currently working to control the blaze at the UAE port of Fujairah. (AFP pic) DUBAI: Oil loading operations have been suspended at the UAE port of Fujairah, two sources told Reuters today, after a drone attack sparked a fire in the emirate’s petroleum industrial zone. Fujairah, located on the Gulf of Oman just outside the Strait of Hormuz, is typically a critical exit point for about 1 million barrels per day of the UAE’s Murban crude – a volume equivalent to roughly 1% of global demand. Civil defence teams are currently working to control the blaze, the Fujairah government media office said in a statement, adding that no casualties have been reported. The suspension marks the second major disruption at the vital bunkering hub in recent days. Operations at Fujairah had resumed on Sunday following a separate drone strike over the weekend. The attacks come as the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran strangles shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that normally handles a fifth of the world’s oil supply.