Iran Just Started an Energy Crisis.

In ordinary times, Raslaff and industrial city might be one of the most important places you've ever heard of. Sprawling out across 55 square kilometers and encircling the world's largest artificial harbor, Raslaffan is located in the nation of Qatar and its purpose is really straightforward.

Raslaffan, Qatar operates the largest production facility for liquefied natural gas anywhere in the world, responsible for roughly one-fifths of the entire global supply.

That's among the reasons that Qatar is so important to the rest of the world, producing liquefied natural gas or LNG on a scale that is impossible to replicate anywhere else.