The physical reality of the U.S.–Israeli 38-day aggression against Iran demonstrates that more than 30 oil fields, refineries, gas plants, ports, aluminum plants, etc. have suffered moderate to serious damage, incapacitating the production and transmission of natural gas and oil. It may take days to assess the full impairment and damage.
One cannot simply apply glue and patches to fix these. In some cases, it likely will take weeks and months for full reconstruction of pipes and fields. While the psychotic U.S. President Donald Trump, who takes childlike pride in blowing things up, may not register what he has done, the controlling City of London is orchestrating further takedown of the means of human existence, which will also have a long-lasting effect on the price of energy.
From Insurance Journal on April 7, here is a partial list of the damaged Gulf energy infrastructure:
Oil Refineries:
• Ruwais, U.A.E.: One of the biggest refineries in the world suffered multiple fires from falling debris after air-defense interception, Abu Dhabi’s government said April 5.
• Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Aramco temporarily halted operations at the Kingdom’s largest crude processing plant—with 550,000 barrels a day of capacity—after a drone attack. The facility has since been restarted.
• Samref, Saudi Arabia: On March 19 a drone fell on the refinery, which is half-owned by Exxon Mobil Corp.
• Bapco Energies, Bahrain: The 400,000 barrel-a-day plant was damaged in an attack in March and declared force majeure on operations that had been impacted. No time has been given for its return.
• Kuwait National Petroleum Co. and Petrochemical Industries Co. facilities suffered significant damage at several sites on April 5.
Gas Facilities:
• Ras Laffan, Qatar: QatarEnergy said LNG facilities were hit by Iranian missiles, triggering fires that caused extensive damage, including to Shell Plc’s gas-to-liquids plant. QatarEnergy has declared force majeure on some long-term supply contracts.
