Qatar has begun bringing some of its liquefied natural gas tankers back toward the Middle East as it prepares to ramp up exports once the Strait of Hormuz reopens under a US-Iran deal, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing ship-tracking data.
At least four empty LNG vessels owned by Qatar recently began heading back toward the region after idling or sailing in another direction, while another Qatar-chartered ship is also heading there, the report said.
The tankers are signaling Ras Laffan, the world’s largest LNG export plant in Qatar, as their next destination.
Four other Qatar-linked tankers are idling in the Gulf of Oman and could try to pass through Hormuz into the Persian Gulf, Bloomberg reported. It said Qatar has not brought an empty vessel into the Persian Gulf since the war began in February