Iran’s huge Pars gas field was hit on Wednesday in the first reported strikes on Iran’s Gulf energy infrastructure of the US-Israeli war, prompting Tehran to announce it would respond with attacks on oil and gas targets throughout the Gulf.
Oil prices shot up after the attack, a major escalation in a war that has already halted shipping from the world’s most important energy-producing region and could now bring lasting damage to its infrastructure.
Benchmark Brent crude prices rose around 5…
