Saudi Arabia Says 2 Oil Tankers Sabotaged Near United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said on Monday that two of its oil tankers came under attack off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), shortly after the latter said four of its vessels had been sabotaged amid rising tensions in the Gulf. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih said that the two Saudi oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of Fujairah. One of the two vessels was on its way to be loaded with Saudi crude oil from the port of Ras Tanura, to be delivered to customers in the US, state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The news agency didn’t mention casualties or oil spills, but said there had been “significant damage to the structures of the two vessels” in attacks it described as “posing a threat to the security of global oil supplies”. (IANS)

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