President Trump was threatening to completely destroy Iran's power grid if the Iranians did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and in response the Iranians were threatening to destroy oil and gas infrastructure all over the Middle East. Once that infrastructure is gone it would have to be replaced, and that would take years. Meanwhile, the entire world would be forced to endure the worst energy crisis in human history and the economic fallout would be intolerable. The good news is that President Trump has announced that he will not be attacking Iran's power grid for at least five days. I think that once Iran released the list of oil and gas facilities that would be targeted if their power grid got destroyed, Trump decided to reconsider his plans…

Iran's IRGC-affiliated Mehr news wrote: "In case of the slightest attack on the electricity infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the entire region will go dark." Here's the target list it shared:

Saudi Arabia

The Village (near Al-Khobar): gas power plant (4,000+ MW)

Ras Tanura (Sharqiya Province): major oil and gas facility / power infrastructure

United Arab Emirates

Barakah (Al Dhafra, Abu Dhabi): nuclear power plant (~5,600 MW)

Jebel Ali (South Dubai): gas power and desalination complex (multi-GW capacity)

Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park (Dubai): large-scale solar power project

Qatar

Ras Laffan (north Qatar): gas power plant (one of the largest in Qatar)

Umm Al Houl (south of Doha): gas power + desalination plant (multi-GW capacity)

Kuwait

Al-Zour South: oil and gas power plant

Al-Zour North: combined-cycle power plant (multi-GW capacity)

Shaqaya Energy Park (west Kuwait): solar and wind renewable energy complex

Please note that the Ras Laffan natural gas complex in Qatar is on that list.

It normally produces approximately 20 percent of the world's entire supply of liquified natural gas.