Oman suspends oil loading at Mina al Fahal terminal following explosion, sources say

SINGAPORE: Oman’s Mina al Fahal terminal has suspended ​oil loading following an explosion near its single-buoy mooring (SBM) berths, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
The explosion ‌occurred between ‌SBM 1 ​and ‌2 ⁠berths ​due to ⁠an alleged drone attack, they said.
It was not immediately clear when the attack took place.
Several ⁠supertankers were seen anchored ‌off ‌the port ​on Friday, shipping ‌data from LSEG ‌showed.
The terminal could not be immediately reached for comment outside office hours.
Iranian ‌state media on Wednesday reported that Tehran targeted ⁠a ⁠US military ship hosting a “control and command center” while it was approaching Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf of Oman, which the US Central Command has ​denied.