Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Monday said two of its oil tankers were sabotaged off the coast of the United Arab Emirates causing "significant damage" to the vessels.
Attack on the one of the two vessels took place while it was on its way to be loaded with Saudi crude oil from the port of Ras Tanura, to be delivered to customers in the US, state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported quoting Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih.
However, the Energy Minister did not identify the tankers. Al-Falih also confirmed that the sabotage attack didnot cause any casualties or oil spill.
Al-Falih condemned the attack and said, "it aims at undermining the freedom of maritime navigation and security of oil supplies to consumers across the world."