Oil pipelines near a refinery in Sitra, Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf, on Aug. 19, 2009. Hasan Jamali/AP Photo
Bapco Energies, Bahrain’s state-owned energy company, declared force majeure on its group operations on March 9 following an Iranian attack on its Sitra refinery complex, the company said.
Force majeure is a legal term meaning an unexpected event beyond someone’s control, such as war, natural disaster, or government action, that prevents them from fulfilling a contract.
