Kuwaiti oil headquarters set ablaze by Iranian drone strike

Fiona MacDonald, Bloomberg News on Apr 4, 2026

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Kuwait Petroleum Corp.’s headquarters caught fire after a strike by unmanned drones in the latest Iranian attack on its Persian Gulf neighbors.

The damaged building, which also houses the emirate’s oil ministry, was evacuated and firefighting crews were on the scene, KPC said in a statement. The barrage followed multiple, recent aerial assaults on the Mina Al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries, as well as repeated attacks on Kuwait’s airport.

The “oil sector leadership is closely monitoring the assessment of damages resulting from the incident, in coordination with the relevant authorities, while taking all necessary measures to ensure the safety of personnel and secure the site,” according to the statement.

Hours before the attack, Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency announced an updated “target list” that included electrical, water and steam infrastructure, in addition to the oil, natural gas and chemical assets that already have been under fire.

The list, which included Kuwait’s PIC fertilizer and polymer manufacturer, was announced after an Israeli Air Force assault on Iran’s Mahshahr petrochemical complex earlier in the day.

(Patrick Sykes contributed to this report.)