2026-03-06 05:22:00
The Ras Laffan plant was already shut down earlier this week, after it was targeted by Iranian drone attacks. The plant covers about a fifth of the world’s LNG supply and is the world’s largest export facility in that regard.
The latest report from Bloomberg states that as the plant remains shut down, Qatar is said to be offering two of its LNG tankers up for leasing. The two charters, namely the Al Thumama and Mesaieed, both belong to state-owned QatarEnergy and are being offered to the market.
According to ship-tracking data, these vessels are currently off the west coast of Africa.
This is quite the interesting development I would say. If anything, it speaks to the likelihood that the chaos in the region might extend for much longer. Otherwise, I don’t see why Qatar would want to so hastily come to such a decision.
If anything, this won’t help calm the nerves for European gas prices – which are still up nearly 60% since last week.
