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April 7 (Reuters) - The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and Tehran's retaliatory attacks on Gulf neighbours have damaged major energy facilities and disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which handles about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a fresh ultimatum to Iran to reopen the Strait by the end of Tuesday. Iran has rejected the ultimatum and threatened further attacks on Gulf infrastructure.
More than 40 key energy assets have been damaged,
causing the largest supply disruption in history, the International Energy Agency said.
Below are the main disruptions so far:
IRAN
* U.S. forces struck military targets at Kharg Island onApril 7, Iran's main oil export terminal. * Parts of the South Pars gas field and the Asaluyehprocessing hub were attacked by Israel on March 18. * Israeli strikes damaged fuel depots across mainland Iran,including Tehran. * Premises of the Bushehr nuclear power plant were struck,the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed.SAUDI ARABIA
* Iran attacked Saudi Arabia's Jubail petrochemical complexon April 7, Iran said. * Saudi Arabia has cut oil output by about 2 million barrelsper day (bpd) to roughly 8 million bpd, since the war began. * Operations were suspended at the 550,000-bpd Ras Tanurarefinery. * Crude exports were partly diverted to Yanbu port on theRed Sea.IRAQ * Output from Iraq's main southern fields was at around900,000 bpd, Basra Oil Company told Reuters on April 7. It wasdown from around 1.3 million bpd at the beginning of March. * Two drones hit BP-operated North Rumaila oilfield,wounding three workers. * Iraq resumed pipeline crude exports from northern Kirkukfields via Turkey and plans overland exports to Syria.KUWAIT
* Iranian drone attacks caused fires and severe damage atoil facilities, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said. * Kuwait cut oil output and declared force majeure earlierin March. * Units at KPC's Mina al-Ahmadi and Mina Abdullah refinerieswere hit. * Full capacity recovery can take 3-4 months, KPC said.QATAR * Qatar declared force majeure on LNG shipments on March 4,disrupting about 20% of global LNG trade. * Damages to its LNG facilities reduced 17% of its exportcapacity. * Shell's Pearl gas-to-liquids plant at Ras Laffan was shut.UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
* Habshan gas processing complex, one of the world'slargest, shut on March 19 after damage from intercepted missiledebris. * Debris from further interceptions killed one person anddamaged facilities again on April 3. * ADNOC's adjusted LNG output due to export disruptions. * Borouge's petrochemicals plant was damaged by fallingdebris. * TotalEnergies said it lost 15% of its Middle East upstreamoutput, including offshore the UAE.BAHRAIN * Bapco Energies declared force majeure after an attack onits 380,000-bpd Sitra refinery. * An Iranian strike set a storage tank on fire on April 5,Babco said. * Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company said a unit caughtfire after a drone attack the same day.SHIPPING
* Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has nearly haltedsince Iran declared it closed on March 2. * Iran threatened to mine the Strait if its southern coastor islands are attacked. * It warned its allies could shut the Bab El-Mandeb Strait,an alternative route for Saudi oil exports. * Tehran barred ships linked to the U.S., Israel and theirallies. * It allowed some vessels, including from Pakistan, Iraq,China and India to pass. * One French group CMA CGM container ship transited theStrait last week. * Two Qatari LNG tankers were stopped, however, on April 6.No LNG cargoes have exited the Gulf so far. * Trump has said the U.S. Navy could escort tankers, but theNavy has so far declined industry requests. * China and Russia vetoed on April 7 a Bahraini resolutionencouraging states to coordinate efforts to protect commercialshipping in the Strait of Hormuz. * It would take months to fully restore flows through theStrait after the conflict ends, the U.S. Energy InformationAdministration (EIA) said on April 7.(Reporting by Reuters bureaus)
