Highlights Refinery produces diesel, gasoline, butane Attacks also targeted other cities Houthi missile, drone attacks remain major Gulf oil security risk Saudi Arabia’s energy ministry on March 20 said the country’s Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Co. (Yasref) suffered a drone attack and that production was temporarily reduced, which will be compensated for from inventory. The ministry said the attack occurred shortly after 5:30 a.m. local time on March 20. The Yasref refinery uses 400,000 b/d of Arabian heavy crude to produce various petroleum products including 287,000 b/d of diesel and 105,000 b/d of gasoline, along with butane, benzene and butane, according to its website. The company is a joint venture of Saudi Aramco and China Petroleum Corp. A ministry official condemned the attacks but did not say who was responsible, according to a statement by […]