Saudi Arabia Shoots Down Drones Targeting Major Shaybah Oilfield

Saudi Arabia has intercepted and destroyed four drones headed toward its Shaybah oilfield as the war in the Middle East is escalating and sending oil prices past $100 per barrel. Major General Turki Al-Maliki, a spokesperson of the Saudi Ministry of Defense, said early on Monday that four drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Empty Quarter while heading toward the Shaybah field, the official Saudi Press Agency reported. Shaybah’s total production capacity is about to 1 million barrels per day (bpd) — double the initial capacity,…