# Energy and Conflict — Infrastructure Attacks, Resource Wars

**URL:** https://thecodex.expert/energy/conflict/
**Session:** 29 | **Date:** 2026-05-05

## Summary

Abqaiq attack 14 Sept 2019 (26.03N 49.68E, 5.7M bbl/day knocked out — largest IEA-history supply disruption, 15% oil price spike, restored in 2 weeks). Nord Stream sabotage 26 Sept 2022 (55.53N 15.56E Bornholm, $10B infrastructure destroyed, cause unresolved). Ukraine electricity: systematic Russian targeting of power plants and substations 2022-2024, 50%+ generation capacity damaged, DTEK managing emergency repairs; Kakhovka Dam destroyed (47.37N 33.38E, June 2023), Dnieper HPP damaged (47.86N 35.09E). Houthi Red Sea attacks Nov 2023+: ~60% Suez-bound shipping rerouted, +10-14 days, +25% fuel cost. Hormuz (26.56N 56.25E, 21M bbl/day). Bab-el-Mandeb (12.58N 43.47E, 6M bbl/day). Kuwait oil fires 1991 (Burgan field 29.37N 47.97W, 732 wells). South China Sea resource disputes. Sources: IEA, CSIS, DTEK Ukraine, Kpler.