Refinery

Mina al-Ahmadi refinery

19 March 2026

Kuwait

What happened

Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said drone attacks caused fires in several refinery units. Emergency and firefighting teams responded, no injuries were reported, and several units were shut down as a precaution. The official reporting did not describe a complete refinery shutdown.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Refinery
Latitude
29.0800°
Longitude
48.1300°

Attribution

Attributed to Iran

Sources

  1. Kuwait Petroleum Corporation reports drone attacks targeting Mina Al-AhmadiKuwait News Agency; Kuwait Petroleum Corporation · Incident reporting