What this organisation is
QatarEnergy operates the North Field production and the Ras Laffan liquefaction and export complex. Two of Ras Laffan's fourteen trains were damaged on 18 March 2026 — about 17 per cent of Qatari export capacity on the EIA's own figure, roughly 12.8 Mtpa — and QatarEnergy's own repair estimate is up to five years. A drone attack on 2 March had already suspended production and struck a water tank at the Mesaieed power plant, and a gas-to-liquids facility was damaged the same month. This is capacity destroyed rather than diverted: no rerouting shortens it, and no alternative export path exists for the volumes involved. Qatar's 2026 exports are forecast at 38.7 Mt, roughly half the pre-conflict level, and the company's own estimate of forgone revenue is around 20 billion dollars a year.
The organisation whose system proves that the bypass argument does not extend to gas: the constraint is liquefaction, not the route.
Confidence: High As of 2026-09Reviewed 2026-10-03
Published facilities
Each is a marker the module already publishes; the relationship is this record’s own claim, with its own grade and source.
- Ras LaffanPort
- North Dome / South Pars gas fieldMining area · broad region
The Qatari half of the shared field; the Iranian half is South Pars.
Every claim on this record is an announcement or a target. Nothing here is recorded as commissioned or delivered.
The company's own estimate that repairs to the two damaged trains will take up to five years.
Systems it belongs to
Supply systems it runs on
Commodities and outputs
Liquefied natural gas
Owners, controllers and arrangements
What remains unknown
- The repair timeline is the company's own estimate and no independent assessment of it was read.
Assessed as of — 2026-09 Last reviewed — 2026-10-03