Major Energy Facilities Hit Amid Middle East Conflict

The escalation of the Middle East conflict in early 2026 has put a spotlight on some of the world’s most critical energy infrastructure, following the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and strikes on major facilities in the Gulf region. As our chart shows, two of the eight largest LNG and oil refining facilities worldwide have been hit during the recent escalation, underscoring the region’s critical role in global energy supply.

Among the most significant assets is QatarEnergy’s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world’s largest LNG production complex with an annual capacity of around 77 million tonnes, far ahead of facilities such as Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi in the United States (around 53 million tonnes combined in early 2026). On the oil refining side, India’s Jamnagar complex leads the production globally, with a capacity of 1.40 million barrels per day. The UAE’s Ruwais complex, another major energy infrastructure targeted during the conflict, ranks among the three largest by installed capacity worldwide at 0.92 million barrels per day, alongside Venezuela’s Paraguaná complex (0.95 million barrels per day), which is only currently operating at around 30 percent of its capacity, according to Reuters.

A recent analysis by Rystad Energy suggests that the damage to key infrastructure in the Gulf could prove both costly and time-consuming to repair, with the total bill potentially exceeding $50 billion in 2026 and reconstruction of large-scale refining and LNG facilities taking months or even years due to equipment bottlenecks and tight global supply chains, particularly for critical components such as turbines and compressors. The scale of the disruption is already becoming apparent: following the attacks on Ras Laffan, QatarEnergy stated that around 17 percent of the country’s LNG exports have been reduced, with damages that could take up to five years to repair and potential annual revenue losses of more than $20 billion.