The helicopter of the Saudi oil giant, Aramco, crashed in Ras Tanura on the east coast of Saudi Arabia, west of the Strait of Hormuz. writes the BBC citing the Saudi state news agency. All passengers on the helicopter, 14 people, died, all of them Saudi nationals.
It is not yet known what caused the accident at six in the morning local time, the competent authorities have launched an investigation. The Saudi Ministry of Energy expressed its condolences to the families of the victims.
THE Reuters According to the company, the accident happened after the company restarted the loading of crude oil at its Tanura terminal in Ras on Friday, after a stoppage of almost four months. Ras Tanura is home to one of Aramco’s largest oil refineries, one of the largest such facilities in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, began sending oil quickly in recent days after Middle Eastern producers ramped up oil and gas production and exports ahead of an interim deal between the United States and Iran.
Aramco is the national oil and gas company of Saudi Arabia, which is majority owned by the state. Aramco in 2022 was considered the most valuable company in the world, in terms of revenue in 2025 one of the five most valuable companies in the world.
