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Iran Widens Attacks on Gulf Energy Sites With Strike That Shuts Kuwait Refinery

The widening conflict is beginning to curb Gulf energy output, triggering sharper U.S. responses.

Overview

  • Kuwait Petroleum Corporation halted operations at the Mina al‑Ahmadi refinery after early‑morning Iranian drone strikes set multiple units ablaze, with no injuries reported.
  • QatarEnergy’s chief said about 17% of Qatar’s LNG export capacity is offline and warned of up to $20 billion in annual revenue losses, adding the company will declare force majeure on multi‑year supplies to Italy, Belgium, South Korea and China.
  • Qatar’s Ras‑Laffan complex suffered significant damage at the Pearl GTL plant during Iran’s missile barrage, with large fires later brought under control and no confirmed casualties.
  • President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s South Pars if Qatar is hit again and said he asked Israel to stop striking Iranian energy infrastructure, a request Prime Minister Netanyahu said he would honor.
  • Regional spillover continued as a drone strike lightly affected Saudi Arabia’s SAMREF refinery and Iran hit a Haifa refinery with minor damage, while a vessel near Ras‑Laffan was reported struck, according to UKMTO.