{"id":17244,"date":"2026-03-14T07:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/saudi-aramco-dismisses-claim-it-is-seeking-ukrainian-drones-to-defend-oilfields\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T07:16:15","slug":"saudi-aramco-dismisses-claim-it-is-seeking-ukrainian-drones-to-defend-oilfields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/saudi-aramco-dismisses-claim-it-is-seeking-ukrainian-drones-to-defend-oilfields\/","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Aramco dismisses claim it is seeking Ukrainian drones to defend oilfields"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>DHAHRAN (Saudi Arabia), March 14 &mdash; Saudi oil giant Aramco said today that claims it is in discussions with Ukrainian companies to buy interceptor drones are inaccurate, after a report said it was seeking them to defend its oilfields against aerial attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Iran has responded to the US-Israeli assault against it by targeting energy and other facilities across the region and effectively shuttering the Strait of Hormuz oil transit chokepoint, through which a fifth of the world&rsquo;s oil flows.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aramco is aware of recent media reports regarding the company being in discussions with Ukrainian companies regarding the procurement of interceptor drones. These claims are inaccurate,&rdquo; Aramco told Reuters in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reported today that Aramco was in talks with at least two Ukrainian companies to buy interceptor drones to safeguard its oilfields. &mdash; Reuters<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub>Saudi Aramco dismisses claim it is seeking Ukrainian drones to defend oilfields<\/sub><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAHRAN (Saudi Arabia), March 14 &mdash; Saudi oil giant Aramco said today that claims it is in discussions with Ukrainian companies to buy interceptor drones are inaccurate, after a report said it was seeking them to defend its oilfields against aerial attacks. Iran has responded to the US-Israeli assault against it by targeting energy and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/saudi-aramco-dismisses-claim-it-is-seeking-ukrainian-drones-to-defend-oilfields\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Saudi Aramco dismisses claim it is seeking Ukrainian drones to defend oilfields&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17245,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17244\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}