Bahrain's BAPCO Refinery Says Operations Uninterrupted after Saudi Attack

Petroleum pipelines and fuel storage tanks of Bahrain Petroleum Co. BAPCO refinery. (Reuters)
Petroleum pipelines and fuel storage tanks of Bahrain Petroleum Co. BAPCO refinery. (Reuters)
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Bahrain's BAPCO Refinery Says Operations Uninterrupted after Saudi Attack

Petroleum pipelines and fuel storage tanks of Bahrain Petroleum Co. BAPCO refinery. (Reuters)
Petroleum pipelines and fuel storage tanks of Bahrain Petroleum Co. BAPCO refinery. (Reuters)

The National Oil and Gas Authority (NOGA) announced that BAPCO’s refinery operations remain uninterrupted, with no impact on the supply of oil products to the local market in wake of last week’s attacks against Aramco oil facilities in Saudi Arabia.

“All our facilities continue to operate safely and without incident. We keep our key stakeholders advised of what we will do in response to such incidents and update our plans as new and relevant information becomes available,” NOGA said in a statement carried by the Bahrain news agency (BNA).

“We have close contact with our Aramco colleagues at the affected facilities and continue to assess the potential implications to our operations in Bahrain,” it said.

The crude supply to BAPCO’s refinery is uninterrupted to meet the operational requirements of the refinery in compliance with the measures adopted in the Business Continuity Plan, it continued.

BAPCO’s business continuity plans have been activated in response to the incidents reported from Saudi Arabia on September 14, NOGA added.

“We develop and practice these plans in response to these kinds of incidents.”



Norway Says Plans to Raise Financial Support for Ukraine

Ukrainian rescuers evacuate patients from a damaged clinic following a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 01 March 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV
Ukrainian rescuers evacuate patients from a damaged clinic following a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 01 March 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV
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Norway Says Plans to Raise Financial Support for Ukraine

Ukrainian rescuers evacuate patients from a damaged clinic following a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 01 March 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV
Ukrainian rescuers evacuate patients from a damaged clinic following a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 01 March 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. EPA/SERGEY KOZLOV

The Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial backing for Ukraine, Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere told public broadcaster NRK on Saturday.

"I can say today that we will go back to parliament in the near future with a proposal to increase the support," Stoere told NRK, according to Reuters.

Norway's parliament late last year agreed to spend a total of 35 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.12 billion) on military and civilian support for Ukraine in 2025 and a total of 155 billion crowns in the years from 2023 to 2030.

Stoere will meet with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in London on Sunday.

Zelenskiy's meeting with US President Donald Trump ended in disaster on Friday, after the two leaders clashed in an extraordinary exchange before the world's media at the White House over the war with Russia.