Saudi Aramco reports small fire at gas plant

Dubai: Saudi Aramco said emergency crews had put out an electrical fire on Monday in a transformer feeding a gas plant with no disruption to gas supplies.

“As a precautionary measure, the Berri Gas Plant was taken off line, and it is planned to be back on line as soon as possible,” the state-owned company said a statement on Tuesday.

“Saudi Aramco emphasises that its gas supplies to the power and water plants will not be affected,” it said.

The Berri gas plant includes three new gas-oil separation plants, five new and 10 upgraded offshore platforms, 35 drilling islands and a 140-megawatt co-generation plant, according to Aramco’s website.

Saudi Aramco is the kingdom’s national petroleum and natural gas company and its value has been estimated at up to $10 trillion (Dh36.7 trillion). The company is based in Dahran.

In August 2012, the company’s computers faced a cyber attack but Aramco said the computers affected were not linked to the oil production network.

— with inputs from Reuters