Saudi Aramco headquarters suffered extensive damage in Houthi attack

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Fire spreads across ‌several floors, operations continue normally

Oil giant Saudi Aramco’s headquarters in Dhahran suffered extensive damage in an ​attack on Tuesday, with a fire spreading across ‌several floors, three people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

Operations at the complex in eastern Saudi Arabia have continued normally ​but some employees have been asked to work ​from home, according to two of the people.

A ⁠fourth person said some functions had been shifted to ​global offices, adding that the fire was still burning into ​the early hours of Wednesday.

The facility hosts an operations center, which helps the world’s largest oil company oversee onshore and offshore oil ​rigs, refineries, export terminals and thousands of kilometres of ​pipeline.

Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry said in a statement that Tuesday night’s attack, ‌which ⁠came as fighting between Yemen’s Iran-allied Houthis and the kingdom intensified, had caused a limited fire.

Two of the sources said a fire started on the ninth floor of the ​south wing ​of the ⁠office block, and spread between the sixth and 10th floors.

Another source added that the top ​three floors of building, where the office ​of ⁠Aramco CEO Amin Nasser is located, were severely damaged, with part of the ceiling caved in and windows and doors ⁠blown ​out.

Aramco did not immediately reply to ​a Reuters request for comment.

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