Two international oil conferences held in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh opened as scheduled on the 11th. Since King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been attacked four times in a row by the Houthis in Yemen in the past week, many international energy giants who had planned to attend the conference have withdrawn from the meeting. The five-day World Petroleum Council Energy Conference opened on the 11th at the conference center about 10 kilometers from King Khalid International Airport. British Petroleum issued a statement on the same day saying that due to “disrupted travel,” its representatives were unable to attend the conference. According to the Financial Times, the CEOs of the US company ExxonMobil, France's Total Energy Company, and British Shell also opted out of the meeting.

Two international oil conferences held in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh opened as scheduled on the 11th. Since King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh has been attacked four times in a row by the Houthis in Yemen in the past week, many international energy giants who had planned to attend the conference have withdrawn from the meeting. The five-day World Petroleum Council Energy Conference opened on the 11th at the conference center about 10 kilometers from King Khalid International Airport. British Petroleum issued a statement on the same day saying that due to “disrupted travel,” its representatives were unable to attend the conference. According to the Financial Times, the CEOs of the US company ExxonMobil, France's Total Energy Company, and British Shell also opted out of the meeting.