SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images The cost to repair and restore Persian Gulf energy infrastructure hit in the Middle East war to date could reach at least $25B, based on an initial assessment of impacted facilities, and likely will rise further as the full scale of the damage becomes clear, Rystad Energy said Wednesday in a report . Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG and Pearl GTL facilities, Iran's South...
SlavkoSereda/iStock via Getty Images The cost to repair and restore Persian Gulf energy infrastructure hit in the Middle East war to date could reach at least $25B, based on an initial assessment of impacted facilities, and likely will rise further as the full scale of the damage becomes clear, Rystad Energy said Wednesday in a report . Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG and Pearl GTL facilities, Iran's South Pars offshore gas field, and Bahrain's Sitra Refinery appear high on repair intensity and repair time, while Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates suffered moderate-to-minor disruptions, according to Rystad's analysis. The Ras Laffan complex is the "clear outlier," where the loss of LNG trains S4 and S6 triggered force majeure and reduced capacity by ~17%, equivalent to 12.8M metric tons/year of LNG production. R epairs will take more than just money, Rystad's head of supply chain research Audun Martinsen said, as "the Gulf region's recovery will be defined less by financial capital and more by structural constraints." "While some assets may be restored within months, others could remain offline for years," Martinsen said; as an example, production backlogs at the few global suppliers of the gas turbines needed to repair LNG facilities at Ras Laffan mean a full recovery could take up to five years. Ras Laffan accounts for 5% of global natural gas production and 20% of the world's LNG production. Crude oil futures fell Wednesday after the Trump administration presented a proposal for a negotiated end to the war with Iran, but losses were curbed by Iran's initial rejection. "Some in the market thought this was going to be a very temporary war, and that's what kept oil prices below $100/bbl for a good number of days after it began," but Iran has held on longer than many expected, Ajay Parmar of energy intelligence firm ICIS said in a note. China's buildup of reserves, which helped prop up the oil market last year, likely has contributed to keeping prices do...
Live cattle futures saw Wednesday weakness with contracts down 20 to 95 cents at the close. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,024 head offered, as bids were $233-235 live and $369 in the...
Live cattle futures saw Wednesday weakness with contracts down 20 to 95 cents at the close. Cash trade has yet to get kicked off this week. The Wednesday Fed Cattle Exchange online auction showed no sales on the 1,024 head offered, as bids were $233-235 live and $369 in the...
Cotton futures posted 15 to 56 point gains on the Wednesday session. The US dollar index was $0.253 higher at $99.495. Crude oil was down $1.06 on the day and nearly $5.00 off the lows. The Seam showed 2,087 bales sold on Tuesday at an average of 68.17 cents/lb. The...
Cotton futures posted 15 to 56 point gains on the Wednesday session. The US dollar index was $0.253 higher at $99.495. Crude oil was down $1.06 on the day and nearly $5.00 off the lows. The Seam showed 2,087 bales sold on Tuesday at an average of 68.17 cents/lb. The...
Soybeans rallied late on Wednesday, with contracts up 6 ¼ to 16 ¾ cents at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 17 cents at $10.98. Soymeal futures were down 70 cents to $2.60, with Soy Oil futures up 90 to 137 points. The White House...
Soybeans rallied late on Wednesday, with contracts up 6 ¼ to 16 ¾ cents at the close. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 17 cents at $10.98. Soymeal futures were down 70 cents to $2.60, with Soy Oil futures up 90 to 137 points. The White House...
Corn futures posted 3 to 5 ¼ cent gains across the board on Wednesday despite early session weakness. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 4 3/4 cents to $4.25 3/4. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a waiver this morning allowing E15 sales starting May 1, following a...
Corn futures posted 3 to 5 ¼ cent gains across the board on Wednesday despite early session weakness. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 4 3/4 cents to $4.25 3/4. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a waiver this morning allowing E15 sales starting May 1, following a...
A currency trader monitors exchange rates in a dealing room at the Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly fall Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States , even as Tehran reviews an American proposal to end the war, according to the Islamic Republic's foreign minister. Iranian Forei...
A currency trader monitors exchange rates in a dealing room at the Korea Exchange Bank in Seoul Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly fall Thursday after Iran signaled it had no intention of holding direct talks with the United States , even as Tehran reviews an American proposal to end the war, according to the Islamic Republic's foreign minister. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that an exchange of messages between the two countries through mediators "does not mean negotiations with the U.S.," Reuters reported. Earlier Wednesday, Iranian state media reported that the country would reject a U.S. ceasefire offer and had outlined its own conditions for ending the war. Thierry Wizman, global FX and rates strategist at Macquarie Group, said that a ceasefire is not imminent. "Rather, an intensification of military action by the U.S. as it tries to nudge Iran toward making important concessions is likely over the next two weeks, before major combat operations succeed, perhaps in mid-April," said Wizman. "The War may now enter its third phase of 'talk and fight,' rather than talk only, or fight only," he wrote in a note. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was flat in early trade. Japan's Nikkei 225 was poised to fall, with the futures contract in Chicago at 53,520 and the Osaka contract at 53,600, compared with the index's previous close of 53,749.62. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures were at 25,268 compared with the index's last close of 25,335.95. Oil prices were stable during Asia trading hours. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 0.72% at $91 per barrel. Overnight in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 305.43 points, or 0.66%, and closed at 46,429.49. The S&P 500 rose 0.54% to 6,591.90, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.77% to end at 21,929.83. — CNBC's Sean Conlon and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report. Choose CNBC as your preferred source on Google and never miss a moment from the most trusted ...