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Operations at Habshan, the UAE’s massive onshore gas-processing hub operated by ADNOC Gas in Abu Dhabi, were halted on Friday after local authorities said a fire broke out at the facility due to “falling debris” from a “successful interception by air defense systems” of an Iranian air-delivered munition. “Abu Dhabi authorities are responding to an incident of falling debris at the Habshan gas facilities following a successful interception by air defense systems,” the UAE’s Emergency, Crisis, and Disaster Management Center wrote on X. The UAE’s emergency crisis center continued, “Operations have been suspended while authorities respond to a fire. No injuries have been reported.” Habshan is at the core of the process by which raw natural gas from Abu Dhabi’s upstream energy assets is cleaned, treated, and split into usable products for domestic use. The facility produces gas for domestic use, along with NGLs, condensate, and sulfur. It’s also the starting point of ADNOC’s crude pipeline to Fujairah, the world’s second-largest bunkering hub and a critical energy export terminal that bypasses the Hormuz chokepoint. ADNOC states on its website that Habshan serves utilities and industrial customers across the UAE, including desalination and steel, and that it supplies about 60% of […]
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