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QatarEnergy Plans Rapid LNG Production Restart As Hormuz Reopens Qatar shut the world's largest LNG facility early in the U.S.-Iran war after Iranian Shahed one-way attack drones struck critical energy infrastructure, triggering chaos across global gas markets, just as the Hormuz maritime chokepoint was shuttered. Now, with a U.S.-Iran peace deal set to formally reopen the waterway by Friday, there is encouraging news on the supply side: According to Bloomberg News, Qatar is preparing to rapidly restart LNG production, a move that could help ease the global supply crunch and accelerate...

Glitch Shuts Australia's Biggest Maker Of Vital Fertilizer Input For 2 Months At Worst Possible Time Australia's largest ammonia plant will be shut for two months to repair damage caused by a power outage, amidst a global supply crunch for the vital fertiliser and explosives ingredient. To say that the shutdown comes at the worst possible time for the global fertilizer market would be an understatement: more than a quarter of the world's traded ammonia flows through the Strait of Hormuz, as do 43% of urea shipments, the fertilizer made from...

As Lebanon comes under growing attack by Israel, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees who had fled to Lebanon are finding themselves scrambling to return home. The Islamist government in Syria has reported some 40,000 people have crossed back in from Lebanon in recent days. At the same time this is going on, Syria is […]