Port / transit hub Damaged
Abqaiq oil processing facility is currently damaged (since July 27, 2026): Drones hit the plant on Jul 27. The IEA attributes the strike to Iran-backed militias in Iraq and cites it among the causes of Saudi supply falling to 6 mb/d in August (Reuters); satellite imagery showed burn scars around four of its six spheroids (Maritime Executive). Aramco has not commented on the site and its repair state is unreported. The East-West pipeline it feeds was carrying about 5.8 mb/d on Oct 6 (Argus).
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Aramco's main crude stabilisation plant, ~7 mb/d capacity, processing Ghawar and other Eastern Province crude before export or shipment on the East-West pipeline.
Capacity: 7 mb/d (nameplate); Maximum processing capacity; the US EIA gave the same figure in 2019. Source: The Maritime Executive — Report: Houthi Strike Took Saudi Refinery Offline Through Mid-August, as of July 30, 2026.
The most important single node in Saudi oil: most Eastern Province crude is stabilised here before it is exported from the Gulf or sent west on the East-West pipeline. The Sept 2019 attack on Abqaiq was a watershed moment in energy security. Houthi rebels (with alleged Iranian support) used low-cost drones and cruise missiles to temporarily disable ~5% of global oil supply — the single largest disruption in history. It demonstrated that precision-guided munitions available to non-state actors can threaten even the most heavily defended energy infrastructure. Saudi Arabia's $100B+ defense budget could not prevent the attack. Oil spiked 15% overnight. The incident accelerated Saudi investment in air defense and redundancy.
Drones launched from Iraq (reportedly Maysan province) struck East-West pipeline pumping infrastructure in Riyadh and Medina provinces on 10-11 September; the energy ministry closed the line 'as a precaution'. The pipeline had been carrying ~4-5 mb/d of Hormuz-bypass crude to Yanbu. No group claimed it; analysts point to Iran-aligned Iraqi militias, while some reports blame the Houthis. Brent briefly hit ~$110.
The IEA's September Oil Market Report said Saudi crude supply fell 2.3 mb/d month on month to 6 mb/d in August, citing Houthi-linked strikes on Bab el-Mandeb shipping, the Jazan refinery and shipping near Yanbu, and Iraqi militia drone strikes on Abqaiq. Saudi loadings fell 1.1 mb/d to 3.5 mb/d; the IEA cut its 2026 Saudi supply forecast to 7.6 mb/d and deferred full Gulf recovery to 2027.
Saudi Arabia said Iran-backed Iraqi militias launched drones at oil facilities in the Eastern Province and Riyadh; imagery showed damage and smoke at Aramco's Abqaiq processing facility (~7 mb/d capacity). US and Saudi aircraft struck militia sites in Iraq on 28 July. The IEA later cited the Abqaiq strikes among causes of Saudi supply losses.