The Beirut Disaster Is Part of a Larger Chain

Brenda Shaffer Op-Ed in Real Clear Energy

This year will be remembered for many things. One of them will be the large number of attacks and explosions of critical infrastructure in several countries. The first was Iran’s attack on Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia’s main oil processing and transit node, long viewed as the doomsday scenario of the international oil industry. Next, in July, Armenia launched several attacks on Azerbaijani military and civilian targets in close proximity to the major East-West energy corridor from Azerbaijan to Europe.  Most recently, there was the tragic explosion at the Beirut port on August 4.