India, March 20 -- Israeli strikes on Iran's South Pars gas field damaged key infrastructure, prompting counterstrikes from Iran on Gulf energy hubs, including Qatar's as Laffan LNG complex, which is on the other end of the same gas field

The gas field under the Gulf is the world's largest and is shared by Iran and Qatar. It is called South Pars on the Iranian side and North Field or North Dome on the Qatari side. Iran relies on the field to meet its domestic energy requirements, while Qatar uses it for global LNG exports.

1990 - Year when field was discovered

2002 - Year when gas production began

1 billion cubic feet - per day of wet gas produced

Iran relies on South Pars for around 80% of its natural gas, powering electricity, heat...