File picture of QatarEnergy’s liquefied pure gasoline (LNG) manufacturing services, amid the U.S.-Israeli battle with Iran, in Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis, Qatar.
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Qatar’s state oil big QatarEnergy stated on Wednesday (March 18, 2026) that “in depth harm” has been triggered after the Ras Laffan Industrial Metropolis was subjected to missile assaults, shortly after the nation’s Inside Ministry reported a fireplace ensuing from an Iranian assault on the realm.
“Emergency response groups had been deployed instantly to include the ensuing fires,” the world’s second-largest LNG exporter stated in a assertion. No casualties had been reported and all personnel had been accounted for, it stated.
Iran-Israel warfare updates on March 18, 2026
Qatar condemned in a press release the assault saying that it represents a “direct risk” to its nationwide safety. Iran insists on concentrating on Qatar and its neighbouring nations in an “irresponsible method,” the Qatari international ministry added.
Qatar’s Inside Ministry earlier stated that civil defence personnel had been coping with a fireplace within the Ras Laffan space after an Iranian assault. The Ministry stated that the fireplace in Ras Laffan space was preliminarily introduced below management, with no accidents reported.
Ras Laffan, positioned 80 km north of Doha, is an energy-industry hub and hosts a number of worldwide firms.
Iran earlier issued an evacuation warning for a number of oil services throughout Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar, together with the Ras Laffan Refinery, saying they might be focused by strikes “within the coming hours,” Iranian state media reported.
Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG installations are being evacuated, a supply with data of the matter informed Reuters on Wednesday, following Iran’s risk to assault Gulf vitality services.
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