Yemen’s oil minister: 9 of our oil ships are in the custody of the Saudi coalition.
In a meeting with the UN humanitarian affairs coordinator in Yemen, the oil minister of the National Salvation government emphasized that this institution should fulfill its duties towards the nation of this country. Because the Saudi coalition does not allow oil ships to enter Yemen.
Ahmed Abdullah Dares, the oil minister of the National Salvation Government of Yemen, hosted “William Gresley”, the UN humanitarian affairs coordinator in Yemen, this Sunday.
“Vakale Al-Sahafa Al-Iminiyah” news site reported that, in this meeting, the problems of the Yemeni people, which are caused by the arbitrary actions of the aggressor Saudi-Emirati alliance in the field of seizing Yemeni fuel ships, were addressed. Although these ships have received UN permits.
The Minister of Oil of Yemen said that the United Nations and international institutions should fulfill their duties in the face of the humanitarian problems of the Yemeni people. Because the Saudi coalition does not allow oil products to enter Hodeida port.
Pointing to the importance of immediate intervention to find solutions that lead to the entry of Yemeni fuel ships and prevent their theft, he stated that 9 Yemeni oil ships are still in the custody of the coalition; Although they are inspected and licensed in Djibouti.
Gresley also claimed that the United Nations is following up to find a way to seize Yemeni ships; Because this organization is aware of the Yemeni people’s need for oil products.
The press conference held on Saturday by the Ministry of Oil and Mines of Yemen, which was held under the title of the aggression of the Saudi coalition against Yemen and the systematic looting of Yemen’s wealth for years, issued a statement and emphasized that the amount of crude oil looted between 2018 and July of this year was 130 million The barrel is estimated.
The ministry added: The total value of looted oil revenues from 2018 to last July (July) was 9.5 billion dollars.
It is stated in this statement: The volume of crude oil production in 2018 amounted to 18 million barrels with an estimated value of one billion and 300 million dollars. In 2019, more than 29 million and 600 barrels of crude oil with a value of about 2.3 billion dollars produced.
This statement states: In 2020, more than 31,600,000 barrels with an approximate value of two billion and 24 million dollars and in 2021 up to 31,500,000 barrels of crude oil with a value of 2.142 billion dollars in Yemen. has been produced, while from January to July this year, production has reached more than 19,141,000 barrels with an estimated value of more than one billion and 722 million dollars.
