BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 19.Mar.2026, Words: 112) — QatarEnergy confirms in the early hours of 19 Mar. 2026, several of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities were the subject of missile attacks, causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage.
Emergency response teams were deployed immediately to contain the resulting damage with no reported casualties, QatarEnergy said on 19 Mar. 2026 in a post on social media.
PRESS DIGEST 18 MAR. 2026: ATTACKS ON QATARI ENERGY ASSETS; MEXICO GAS IMPORTS
These attacks come In addition to the previous attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City on 18 Mar. 2026 that resulted in extensive damage to the Pearl GTL (Gas-to-Liquids) facility.
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