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An exchange of fire across the Persian Gulf has exposed the danger to the world's energy supplies.
The market showed it, too, as oil prices spiked again.
First, Israeli airstrikes hit an Iranian complex that is part of the world's largest natural gas reserve.
Then Iran retaliated, blasting the world's largest liquefied natural gas plant in Qatar.