Israel Ataca el Campo de Gas South Pars de Irán, Escalando las Tensiones Regionales

"...The Iran war has dealt a massive energy shock to the global economy by choking off most exports of crude oil and liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz...."

"...Iran has also attacked key export facilities in its Gulf neighbours, putting more upward pressure on energy prices, even though Gulf neighbours Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates are not taking part in the US-Israeli attacks on Iran...."

"...In the case of South Pars, the energy shock would appear to have a different target: not Iran’s exports, but its biggest source of domestic energy supplies in a country that sometimes struggles to produce enough electricity...."

"...Although South Pars mainly supplies Iran's domestic needs, global oil prices rose, and gas prices in Europe jumped 7% on the news due to fears of Iranian retaliation on Gulf energy infrastructure...."

"...Iran has suffered power shortages because of interruptions to gas supplies, even though on paper it has huge energy reserves...."

"...In July, public buildings had to shut down when a heat wave strained the power grid...."

"...Yet the two countries have made starkly different uses of the same underground reserves...."

"...Qatar, which has a much smaller population, has invested billions in developing the field as a source of liquefied natural gas, which before the war it exported from its Ras Laffan facility...."

"...There, gas is chilled to a liquid and loaded on tankers that head for customers in Asia, who turn it back into gas form...."

"...It’s a lucrative business and has made Qatar the supplier of about a fifth of the world’s LNG...."

"...Ras Laffan shut down after an Iranian attack, raising prices for natural gas in Europe even though Qatar’s LNG mostly goes to Asia...."

"...That is because the outage is increasing global competition for scarce cargoes that can be shipped anywhere...."

"...Qatar's condemnation of the attack is based on fears that Ras Laffan will be attacked again, said Anne-Sophie Corbeau, global research scholar at the Columbia Centre...."

"...“They are absolutely worried that they are the next in line ... They are concerned about being hit by a drone and damage to their LNG facilities, because for them that would be really a disaster.”..."

"...Iran is another story...."

"...Sanctions and lack of investment mean that Iran feeds its gas into its own pipeline system and uses it domestically for cooking, heating homes, generating electricity, and as a raw material for industry...."

"...Iran exports relatively little, about 9 billion cubic meters, compared to Qatar’s more than 120 billion cubic meters...."

"...Iran’s export customers are Turkey and Armenia, both of which could access alternative supplies...."

"...Iran once planned three LNG export projects on its Persian Gulf coastline, one with Total Energies and another with Shell...."

"...But sanctions have blocked the projects by barring the import of the needed technology and investment...."

"...A third site at Asulayeh -- near the site of the attacks — is reportedly near completion after starting construction almost 20 years ago...."