Barely a month ago, Qatar hosted the LNG2026 conference in Doha, where it laid out plans to expand capacity from 77mn t/y to 142mn t/y in the years ahead. Now, as the smoke clears from devastating Iranian missile attacks on Ras Laffan, 50km north of the Qatari capital, it is looking at a multi-year effort to repair existing facilities, while expansion plans face further delays.
Iran hit Ras Laffan with two missile attacks on 18 and 19 March, causing significant damage to the Pearl GTL plant (MEES, 20 March) and Qatar’s LNG plants. On 19 March, QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said that damage was inflicted to two liquefaction trains with combined capacity of 12.8mn t/y, equivalent to 17% of capacity. QatarEnergy partners with ExxonMobil at the two trains – QatarEnergy South’s train 4 and 6 – and the US major is by far the leading partner in Qatar’s LNG sector. (CONTINUED – 1031 WORDS)
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