Key Middle East Energy Assets Come Under Fire in Iran War

The sprawling conflict across the Persian Gulf has caused serious disruption to critical infrastructure and energy flows as the US-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day.

Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz all but halted to start the week, followed by the shutdown of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas export facility in Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery. On Tuesday, Iraq started shutting crude output in one of the industry’s biggest fallouts since the war began.