The Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources, Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, stated that at 6:30 am on Saturday, August 16, 2019, one of the units of a natural gas plant in Al-Shaiba oil field was attacked by drones. "Dron" booby-trapped, resulting in a fire that was controlled - thanks to God - after leaving limited damage, and without any human casualties, thankfully; stressing that the Kingdom's oil production and exports were not affected by this terrorist act.

Al-Falih stressed that the Kingdom condemns in the strongest terms this cowardly attack and affirms that this act of terrorism and sabotage is only an extension of those acts that have recently targeted the global oil supply chains, including oil pipelines in the Kingdom, and oil tankers in the Arabian Gulf and others, and that this targeting This cowardly attack once again highlights the importance of the international community's response to all terrorist actors who carry out such acts of sabotage, including the Houthi militias. Iran-backed Yemen.