Bahrain's state oil company declares force majeure on its shipments after Iran attack

09/03/2026 08:00 AST

Bahrain's state oil company declared force majeure on Monday for its shipments after an Iranian attack set its refinery ablaze.

The state-run Bahrain News Agency carried the announcement of the force majeure, a legal maneuver that releases a company of its contractual obligations because of extraordinary circumstances.

It said the company's operations "have been affected by the ongoing regional conflict in the Middle East and the recent attack on its refinery complex."

It insisted that local demand could still be met.

A strike targeting Bahrain's sprawling Al-Ma'ameer oil facility caused a fire at the complex along with material damage, state media said on Monday, in the latest attack against Gulf energy installations.

"Outbreak of a fire due to the Iranian aggression targeting a facility in Al Ma'ameer, with material damage reported but no casualties recorded, and the competent authorities have begun firefighting procedures," Bahrain News Agency said in a post on X.

Iran's stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz has also all but stopped tankers from using the shipping lane between the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman through which a fifth of the world's oil is carried.

Brent crude oil, the international standard, surged to more than $114 a barrel on Monday, some 60 percent higher than when Israel and the US first attacked Iran.


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