Traders and analysts are warning that President Donald Trump’s war in Iran could rattle the energy market for months to come because of a strike on a critical facility in the Middle East.
An Iranian missile hit Ras Laffan in Qatar, home to the largest liquefied natural gas, or LNG, export facility in the world. In total, Ras Laffan supplies about a fifth of the world’s supply.
“I woke up this morning and thought, ‘No, please no,’” Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a former head of gas analysis at BP who is now at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy, said.
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