{"id":44352,"date":"2026-03-19T09:40:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=44352"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:40:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:55:39","slug":"qatar-says-iran-attack-caused-significant-damage-at-ras-laffan-gas-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/qatar-says-iran-attack-caused-significant-damage-at-ras-laffan-gas-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar says Iran attack caused significant damage at Ras Laffan gas facility"},"content":{"rendered":"
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aljazeera :<\/strong> Qatar has said Iranian missile attacks on the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country\u2019s main gas facility, have caused \u201csignificant damage\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attack targeting Ras Laffan Industrial City, which caused fires resulting in significant damage to the facility,\u201d Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Ministry of Interior said a fire at the site had been preliminarily brought under control and that no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll personnel have been accounted for and no casualties have been reported at this time,\u201d said QatarEnergy, the world\u2019s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) producer.<\/p>\n

The announcements came hours after Iran threatened to attack oil and gas facilities across the Gulf region in retaliation for an Israeli attack on its South Pars gasfield, as the fallout from the United States-Israeli war on the country continues to escalate.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s warning of attacks was directed at Qatar\u2019s Mesaieed Petrochemical complex, Mesaieed Holding Company and Ras Laffan Refinery; Saudi Arabia\u2019s Samref Refinery and Jubail Petrochemical complex; and the United Arab Emirates\u2019 Al Hosn gasfield.<\/p>\n

Qatar\u2019s Foreign Ministry declared the Iranian embassy\u2019s military and security attaches as persona non grata, along with their staff.<\/p>\n

The ministry said it demanded that they leave Qatar within 24 hours, adding that the decision came as a result of Iran\u2019s repeated attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cQatar considers this assault a dangerous escalation, a flagrant violation of its sovereignty, and a direct threat to its national security,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Iranian side continues its escalatory policies that are pushing the region toward the brink and drawing countries not party to this crisis into the conflict zone.\u201d<\/p>\n

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had spoken to Qatar\u2019s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and US President Donald Trump following the attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is in our common interest to implement, without delay, a moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities,\u201d Macron said.<\/p>\n

\u201cCivilian populations and their essential needs, as well as the security of energy supplies, must be protected from military escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n

On March 2, Qatar suspended LNG production following an attack on the Ras Laffan facility as well as on a water tank at a power plant in Mesaieed Industrial City.<\/p>\n

The Ras Laffan complex, located 80km (50 miles) northeast of Doha, is the world\u2019s largest LNG production facility and produces about 20 percent of the global LNG supply, playing a major role in balancing both Asian and European markets\u2019 demand for the fuel.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is what Qatar\u2019s wealth is built on,\u201d Al Jazeera\u2019s Victoria Gatenby said. \u201cWe\u2019ve also have had alerts here in Doha and the threat level has been raised.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rachel Ziemba, a senior fellow at the think tank Center for a New American Security, said the fact that Ras Laffan had already paused production meant there would be no new global supply shock in the near term.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it could put further pressure on regional power supplies,\u201d Ziemba told Al Jazeera. She added that it also \u201crisks prices staying high for longer\u201d.<\/p>\n

Babak Hafezi, professor of international business at American University, said rising LNG prices would affect European markets.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the start of the Ukrainian war and the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, the Germans and the [European Union] have become net importers of LNG,\u201d Hafezi told Al Jazeera. Other countries reliant on LNG include Japan, Turkiye and India.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe smaller countries with weaker economies in the Global South will be hurt the most, as LNG price increases will lead to demand destruction,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

aljazeera : Qatar has said Iranian missile attacks on the Ras Laffan Industrial City, the country\u2019s main gas facility, have caused \u201csignificant damage\u201d. \u201cThe State of Qatar expresses its strong condemnation and denunciation of the blatant Iranian attack targeting Ras Laffan Industrial City, which caused fires resulting in significant damage to the facility,\u201d Qatar\u2019s Ministry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44355,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44352\/revisions\/44355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}