It’s good news Friday over at the Daily Digest, but here at the CRIB report, it looks like it’s going to be another long weekend.
U.S. elections are on Tuesday, November 3rd, and there are strong indications that Trump is considering strikes against Iran before then.
Of course, there were strong indications last weekend too, and only relatively minor attacks were carried out by the U.S., with Iran continuing to strike vessels in the Strait on a continual daily basis, and a series of damaging attacks against Saudi Arabia by Ansarallah.
So, maybe nothing happens this weekend too. Let’s hope and pray that’s the case, because the consequences of the next escalation are likely to be irreversibly destructive to life and prosperity.
Energy Infrastructure Under Renewed Attacks
Saudi Arabia is under serious and sustained assaults by the Yemeni group Ansarallah. I’m doing my best to filter these reports for accuracy to ensure they are recent, accurate, and not AI-generated. But that’s tricky, and some or all of these may have to be retracted over the coming days.
It is now confirmed that a major processing unit at the world’s largest refinery, Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia, has been damaged. This isn’t a storage tank (easily fixed) but a very complicated processing unit that will take a long time to fix if it’s had any of its core pieces of machinery destroyed:
🚨Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery is seen damaged on new satellite imagery from Oct 28. The Ras Tanura Refinery appears to have visible scorch marks on a major processing unit.Explore and Compare: https://t.co/JF2MdbdY5u#Saudiarabia #Oil #OSINT pic.twitter.com/JUFD5qihTq
— Soar Atlas (@SoarAtlas) October 29, 2026
Also, as of this morning, the NASA FIRMS site is showing significant flaring at both Ras Tanura and at the Jubail loading terminal. This is consistent with reports of explosions and fires at both sites, but I have
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