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Houthis strike Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery, reopening a front held quiet since 2022

Force in Play

Jazan refinery below full capacity since late July; East-West pipeline shut after Sept 10 strikes

What began as a single drone strike on August 9 has grown into the most serious Saudi-Houthi fighting since the 2022 truce. On September 8, Houthi missiles and drones hit four Saudi cities, wounded 73 people, and set fires at oil sites. The 400,000-barrel-per-day Jazan refinery has not fully operated since late July.

Updated 5 hours ago

Brent crude nears $100 as Strait of Hormuz shipping halves

Force in Play

Jazan refinery and southern facilities attacked by Houthi strikes

Brent crude crossed $100 a barrel on September 9, the first time since July, after Iran said it attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz and the US destroyed five Iranian tankers. The tit-for-tat strikes, the biggest wave on shipping since the war began, cut tanker traffic through the strait to about half its pre-conflict level; Kpler counted only six commodity vessels crossing on Tuesday.

Updated 3 days ago

Saudi Arabia doubles its industrial coast at Jubail

Built World

Feedstock supplier and downstream partner at Jubail

On Christmas Day 2004, Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz pressed a foundation stone into sand on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast. The stone marked the start of Jubail II—a roughly $80 billion expansion adding 6,200 hectares of plants, pipelines, and housing, effectively doubling what was already among the largest civil-engineering projects ever attempted.

Updated May 31