Qatar's LNG Recovery Picks Up Speed as Tankers Mass at Ras Laffan

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Qatar is ramping up its liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports with multiple LNG carriers arriving at the Ras Laffan hub for loading. The increased tanker traffic highlights Qatar's intent to resume and boost LNG production and export capacity in the near future.

As many as eight empty LNG carriers have arrived at the Ras Laffan hub in Qatar and are set to load on superchilled gas in the coming days, Bloomberg has reported. Another LNG carrier is approaching Qatar’s vast gas production complex and two more are on their way to the Strait of Hormuz, the publication also wrote, citing ship-tracking data. The information is the latest piece of evidence that Qatar is eager to resume exporting liquefied gas, as stated earlier this week by the country’s prime minister. “Within a few weeks, production…