Saudi Energy Ministry Confirms Strike on Aramco Building in Dhahran

Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry said a building belonging to Aramco was struck in Dhahran on the evening of Tuesday, October 13, 2026, causing a small fire. The ministry reported no injuries or deaths. Al Jazeera carried the official account on Wednesday, October 14; Khabaronline also relayed the ministry’s statement through Saudi newspaper Okaz.

The confirmed incident concerns an Aramco building. The ministry’s account did not say oil production or exports had stopped. That distinction matters for oil markets: damage to an office building does not by itself establish an interruption to crude supplies.