Efforts to restore full liquefied natural gas export capacity at Qatar’s Ras Laffan industrial complex have stalled, prolonging a significant supply disruption for global buyers.
The delay undermines earlier expectations that the world’s largest LNG exporter would quickly return to standard operating levels following a major explosion at the site earlier this week.
The incident, which occurred on Sunday night, injured 54 people and left 18 others missing, according to previous reporting.
While Qatar’s prime minister had indicated that production would normalize within weeks, the latest reports suggest that restarting the key export terminal is more complex than initially anticipated.
This extension of the outage keeps a substantial volume of gas off the market during a period when global demand remains firm.
For traders and industrial buyers, the prolonged disruption reinforces the supply tightness that has already begun to lift benchmark prices.