RIYADH, March 4 (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco's Ras Tanura,

which houses its largest domestic refinery and a key crude

export terminal, was targeted by an attempted drone attack on

Wednesday, a Saudi defense ministry spokesperson said on X, two

days after a drone attack on the complex shut the refinery.

The attack resulted in no damage, the spokesman said. The Saudi

state news agency also cited an energy ministry source as saying

that there was no disruption to supplies.

Three separate sources told Reuters that Ras Tanura had been

struck, but did not provide details on any damage.

Saudi Arabia and other regional Gulf oil producers, such as the

United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq, have been ​unable to move

oil through the Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Israel

launched attacks on Iran on Friday.

Hundreds of ships have anchored on either ​side of the

Strait as a precaution, and Iran has said it would fire on any

vessel that attempted to ⁠transit the shipping choke point.

Ras Tanura sits on Saudi Arabia's eastern coast on the Gulf.

Aramco is attempting to reroute some of its crude exports to the

Red Sea to avoid the Strait, sources have said.

Aramco did not immediately respond to an emailed request for

comment.

Saudi Arabia's heavily fortified energy facilities have been

targeted previously, most notably in September 2019 when

unprecedented drone and missile attacks on the Abqaiq and

Khurais plants temporarily knocked out more than half of the

kingdom's crude production and roiled global markets.

Ras Tanura was attacked by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis in

2021, in what Riyadh called a failed assault on global energy

security.