Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of Saudi Arabia's ongoing WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh on Monday, as the kingdom insists on holding the conference despite the threat to the capital posed by the Ansarallah-led Yemeni Armed Forces (Houthis).
The event began on October 11 and is meant to run until 15 October. The head executives of ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Shell, Chevron, and BP were expected at the event.
Source: Asharq Al-AwsatOn Monday, they were no longer listed on the agenda that the conference organizers put out.
"To everyone who traveled to Riyadh, thank you," said Saudi Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman while making the opening comments at the WPC Energy Congress.
"You know this country is safe and that we hold your protection at whole heart… Our gathering here does not mean the risk is gone," he said.
He said that the YAF’s operations targeting the kingdom were "serious" and deserved an "equally serious" response. The event had been planned for April but was postponed when the illegal US-Israeli war on Iran was launched in February.
"Unfortunately, due to travel disruption, we are unable to be there in
