-- Saudi Aramco has extended the suspension of liquefied petroleum gas shipments from its critical Juaymah export terminal through May, Bloomberg reported Tuesday.
The report noted that the state energy giant recently informed international buyers that deliveries of propane and butane originally halted following a pipeline infrastructure failure will remain offline for another month, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The disruption stems from a Feb. 23 incident involving the collapse of a portion of the trestle that carries delivery pipelines to the terminal's loading berths.
The company did not respond immediately to' request for comments.
While Aramco initially characterized the damage as a structural failure with no reported leaks or injuries, the prolonged outage has heightened anxiety in global energy markets.
The Juaymah facility is the world's seventh-largest LPG export hub, typically moving an average of 450,000 tons per month to major industrial buyers in India, China, Japan, and South Korea.
With roughly 60% of Juaymah's 2025 exports previously destined for India, the continued absence of Saudi supply is forcing Asian refiners to seek more expensive alternatives from the US West Coast and West Africa.
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