Stephen Stapczynski

Qatar has sent its first shipment of liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz since one of its tankers was attacked in the waterway more than three weeks ago.

Qatar sends first LNG shipment through Hormuz in three weeks The tanker is signalling Pakistan as its next destination.

Pakistan has negotiated with Iran to secure safe passage for at least one Qatari liquefied natural gas shipment, according to people with knowledge of the matter, the latest effort by the South Asian nation to use its diplomatic ties to ease a deepening energy crunch.

The US said it had no role in redirecting the first Qatari liquefied natural gas shipment to transit the Strait of Hormuz in more than three weeks.

A liquefied natural gas tanker carrying a shipment from Qatar was struck by a projectile while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, according to security intelligence firms and ship tracking data, threatening to further disrupt deliveries of the super-chilled fuel through the key waterway.

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Qatar is loading the most liquefied natural gas in months, as the world’s second-largest exporter of the super-chilled fuel prepares equipment for the potential reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Two liquefied natural gas tankers appeared to be conducting a ship-to-ship transfer outside the Strait of Hormuz, according to satellite images seen by Bloomberg, as suppliers seek to keep fuel moving from inside the Persian Gulf to global markets.

Energy companies in India have been paying some of the highest prices they’ve paid in years for liquefied natural gas on the spot market as the Iran war continues to disrupt supplies of the fuel.

Qatar extended force majeure on liquefied natural gas supplies to European and Asian buyers by another month as uncertainty over the full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz clouds prospects for restoring Persian Gulf energy flows.