Qatar Eyes Quick LNG Restart Once Hormuz Reopens
Qatar Eyes Quick LNG Restart Once Hormuz Reopens Kazakhstan auctions 30 exploration blocks… What I Cover Tsvetana Paraskova is an energy and commodities journalist who has contributed to Oilprice.com for nearly a decade, covering global energy markets, commodities,… Qatar prepares to quickly restart and restore liquefied natural gas output within weeks after the eventual reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, Bloombergreportedon Tuesday, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans.
State firm QatarEnergy, which curtailed LNG output in early March before an LNG facility was hit by Iranian missiles in mid-March, has now told its customers that it could restore about 50% of its production capacity within a month after safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz is restored.
Within two months, Qatar could return 80% of its capacity, according to Bloomberg’s sources.
All this, of course, is conditional on the U.S.-Iran deal holding and navigation and safety through the critical oil and LNG chokepoint being restored and sustained.
Qatar will be able to restore up to 80% of its LNG production capacity in the near term—the remaining 20% would take years to repair from damages from the Iranian missile strikes, as QatarEnergy guided as early as March.
Iranian drone andmissile strikeson energy infrastructure in the region have damaged Qatar’s key LNG liquefaction complex, Ras Laffan.
QatarEnergyexpectsthe damage to the Ras Laffan LNG complex, the world’s single largest LNG-producing facility, to cost it about $20 billion per year in lost revenue and to take up to five years to repair.
QatarEnergy has been forced to declare force majeure for up to five years on some long-term LNG contracts.
Due to the LNG crunch in the Middle East, benchmark gas prices in Asia and Europe jumped in the past three months despite the seasonally weak gas demand in the shoulder season after the winter and ahead of the peak summer consumption.
The announcement of the U.S.-Iran deal, however, led to a6% slumpin Europe’s benchmark gas prices on Monday, to the lowest level in five weeks, amid eased concerns about supply in the coming months.
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Strikes Iranian Missile Sites Three Supertankers Carrying 6 Million Barrels Exit Strait of Hormuz Oil Prices Plunge as U.S.
| Product | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Brent Crude | $102.14/bbl | +0.34% |
| WTI Crude | $96.90/bbl | +0.21% |
| EN590 Diesel | $846/MT | +0.18% |
| Jet Fuel A-1 | $1090/MT | +0.55% |
| Mazut M100 | $450/MT | -0.15% |
| Bitumen 60/70 | $470/MT | +0.08% |
| Sulphur Gran 99.5% | $470/MT | -0.44% |
| Urea 46% Gran | $650/MT | +1.12% |
| NPK 16-16-16 | $460/MT | -0.28% |
| Nat Gas TTF | $15.42/MMBtu | +0.92% |
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