Operations at the United Arab Emirates’ Shah gas field have been suspended while damage is being assessed following a drone attack, Abu Dhabi’s media office said on Monday (March 16, 2026).
Authorities contained and brought the fire caused by the attack under control, the media office added in a post on X, reiterating that no injured have been reported.
The Shah field is one of the world’s largest of its kind and is located 180 km (111.85 miles) southwest of Abu Dhabi.
The United Arab Emirates’ daily oil output is down by more than half as the Iran conflict and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz forced state oil giant ADNOC to implement widespread production shut-ins, two sources told Reuters.
Oil loading operations at the UAE’s port of Fujairah, a key export terminal, were suspended twice in recent days following separate drone attack incidents. Some oil loading at the hub restarted, two sources said.
Published - March 17, 2026 04:53 am IST
