If Israel attacks oil facilities in Iran, what would be the geostrategic issues?
Israel signals plans to attack Iranian oil facilities in response to Revolutionary Guard missile attack.
According to the report, senior Israeli officials said the cabinet meeting ended with the conclusion that there would be a significant response against Iran, but without a clear decision on the scope and timing. One reason for this is that Israel wants to coordinate its actions with the United States. The United States supports an Israeli response, but wants it to be calculated. Netanyahu could discuss the matter with President Biden today.
As published in Axios, according to estimates, one of the targets of such an attack could be the country’s oil facilities, Israeli officials said. “We have a big question mark over how the Iranians plan to respond to the attack, but we take into account the possibility that they go through with it, and it will be a completely different game”said an Israeli official.
It should be noted that approximately 70% of Iran’s crude oil reserves are located on the coast, with the rest being mainly in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
Iran’s oil export terminals are located on three islands: Kharg, Laban and Sirri, located in the Persian Gulf. These terminals are responsible for most of Iran’s oil exports.
Iran has two other small crude oil terminals in Siros and Bhargansar, a terminal for the Caspian Sea coast, and other terminals that mainly handle the export and import of refined products. Condensates from the South Fars natural gas field are exported from the Esaloya terminal.
Kharg Island is Iran’s largest and main export terminal. Most Iranian exports go abroad. The terminal processes all onshore oil production and that of the Prozan offshore field. The oil storage capacity of Kharag Island is approximately 28 million barrels.
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