More than 80 Mideast energy facilities damaged in war, over one-third severely hit: IEA chief

More than 80 energy facilities in the Middle East have been damaged since the Feb. 28 start of the Iran war, with over one-third of them classified as severely or very severely hit, said the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Monday, Anadolu reports. Speaking during an Atlantic Council event in Washington, DC, Fatih Birol said the scale of destruction to oil fields, refineries, terminals, and other infrastructure means supply recovery will take time even if the conflict were to end immediately. “This is one of the most critical issues, and different than the past, many of the facilities are badly damaged,” he said, adding that the IEA is monitoring all affected sites. Birol, a Turkish economist and […]