Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday its domestic fuel supplies were not affected by an attack from Yemen s Houthi group on a petroleum products distribution plant in the north of Jeddah city, with operations resuming three hours after the incident.
Yemen s Iran-aligned Houthi forces on Monday said they fired a missile at and struck the facility. Saudi authorities later confirmed the attack.
Aramco s oil production and export facilities are mostly in Saudi Arabia s Eastern Province, more than 1,000 km (620) from Jeddah.
One of the 13 tanks used for diesel oil, gasoline and jet fuel at Aramco s North Jeddah Bulk Plant is currently out of action, the facility s manager Abdullah al-Ghamdi told journalists on a tour.
Ghamdi said they were still assessing the scale and cost of the damage from the attack which happened at 3:50 am Saudi time on Monday.
He described the site as a "critical facility" with total storage capacity of 5.2 million barrels. It can distribute more than 120,000 barrels of products per day domestically to Jeddah, Mecca and the al-Baha region.
"Within a minute [of the attack] the response team started the firefighting system which is fixed to the tank itself. A minute or two later the fire station crew arrived at the scene," Ghamdi said.
A fire caused by the attack was extinguished in around 40 minutes with no casualties, he said.
"It was a big fire, a big explosion, but was dealt with swiftly," Ghamdi said.
The projectile struck the storage tank, which has a maximum capacity of 500,000 barrels, from the top, causing "major damage" to its roof, with a hole around 2 metres square, the official said.
Black marks and some damage around its top rim were visible.
Monday s attack comes less than two weeks after a fire near a floating platform belonging to the Jazan oil products terminal was contained with no injuries.
That fire was the result of another attempted Houthi attack in which the Saudi-led coalition intercepted and destroyed two explosive-laden boats in the southern Red Sea.