Operations at UAE’s Shah gas field suspended after drone attack, media office says

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 ​Operations astatine the United Arab Emirates’ ‌Shah state tract person ​been suspended portion ⁠damage is being assessed pursuing a drone attack, Abu Dhabi’s media bureau said ‌on Monday (March 16, 2026).

Authorities contained and brought the occurrence ‌caused by the onslaught nether ‌control, ⁠the media bureau added ⁠in a station connected X, reiterating that nary injured person been reported.

The ​Shah tract ‌is 1 of the world’s largest of its benignant and is located 180 km (111.85 miles) ‌southwest of Abu Dhabi.

The ​United Arab Emirates’ regular lipid output is ⁠down by much than fractional arsenic the Iran struggle and ‌the effectual closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced authorities lipid elephantine ADNOC to instrumentality wide accumulation shut-ins, 2 sources told Reuters.

Oil loading ‌operations astatine the UAE’s larboard of ​Fujairah, a cardinal export terminal, were suspended doubly successful ⁠recent days pursuing abstracted drone onslaught ⁠incidents. Some lipid loading astatine the hub restarted, 2 ‌sources said. 

Published - March 17, 2026 04:53 americium IST

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