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Iran hit a Saudi refinery on the Red Sea and set Qatari liquefied natural gas facilities and two Kuwaiti oil refineries ablaze, sending international oil and gas prices soaring Thursday. The strikes followed an Israeli attack on Iran’s main natural gas field the previous day. Brent crude oil, the international standard, spiked to as high as $118 a barrel, up more than 60% since Israel and the United States started the war Feb. 28 with strikes on Iran. The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has roiled energy markets as the conflict escalates pressure on the region’s energy sector.