Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure

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Key details reported by multiple sources:

• Israel bombed Iranian facilities linked to the South Pars gas field, the largest natural gas field in the world, shared with Qatar (ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran retaliated by launching strikes on Qatar’s Ras Laffan gas complex, causing extensive damage and knocking out about 17% (or 12.8m tons/year) of its LNG export capacity (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• QatarEnergy estimated $20 billion in damage to Ras Laffan and repairs could take three to five years (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that Saudi Arabia’s Samref refinery (Yanbu), UAE’s al-Hosn gasfield, and Qatar’s Mesaieed petrochemical complex were ‘direct and legitimate targets’ (Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran’s strikes also hit Saudi Arabia’s Samref refinery (near Yanbu), Kuwait’s Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refineries, and UAE’s Habshan gas processing facility (Guardian, Guardian).
• Brent crude oil prices spiked to around $110–$119 per barrel following the strikes (ABC, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian, Guardian).
• US President Donald Trump claimed he knew nothing about the South Pars attack in advance, but Israeli officials disputed this, stating the US was informed (Guardian, ABC, Guardian, ABC, Guardian, Guardian).
• Iran and Qatar jointly control the South Pars/North Dome gas field, with Iran’s share being about a third of the total (ABC, Guardian, Guardian).
• The South Pars field holds an estimated 14–51 trillion cubic meters of natural gas (ABC).
• Iran’s South Pars field supplies about 80% of Iran’s electricity, with most gas coming from this field (ABC).
• Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi warned of ‘zero restraint’ if energy infrastructure was targeted again (Guardian, Guardian).
• The Strait of Hormuz, where about 20% of the world’s global oil supply passes, remains effectively closed due to Iranian threats (ABC).
• Israel confirmed damage to the Bazan Group refinery in Haifa from Iranian strikes (Guardian).
• Iran’s state media identified the UAE’s Shah natural gasfield and Fujairah port as targets (Guardian).
• Iran has continued exporting oil via the Strait of Hormuz despite the war, while threatening to attack tankers from Gulf states (Guardian).