Abu Dhabi’s Adnoc Gas was forced to halt operations at the 6.1bn cfd Habshan gas processing complex on 3 April after debris from a drone/missile interception caused a fire. It is the second such incident at Habshan during the conflict (MEES, 20 March). Also on 3 April, Kuwait’s KPC announced that an attack on its 346,000 b/d Mina al-Ahmadi caused several fires; the refinery has been attacked and damaged on multiple occasions. As MEES went to press, Kuwait’s electricity ministry announced that a power and water desalination plant had also been attacked; it was not yet clear which facility was struck. This was the second attack on a Kuwaiti power plant this week
The wave of attacks came after Iran attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf this week. On 1 April, QatarEnergy announced that the Aqua 1 fuel oil tanker on charter to the company had been the subject of a missile attack in its territorial waters. On 30 March, Iran had attacked Al Salmi tanker carrying Kuwaiti crude offshore Dubai, causing a fire but no oil-leak. (CONTINUED - 176 WORDS)