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Qatar extends suspension of LNG supplies to Bangladesh
Published : Tuesday, 1 September, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Observer Online Report
QatarEnergy has extended its force majeure period over liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, informing European and Asian buyers that cargo cancellations could continue until October amid disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Bangladesh is among the countries affected by the suspension, along with Pakistan and Italy, according to a report by Qatari news outlet Doha News.
Bloomberg reported last Friday that QatarEnergy had extended its directive suspending LNG supplies to Bangladesh beyond September. Pakistani buyers were also informed this week that cargo cancellations would continue until October.
European buyers have also started receiving similar notices, while Italy's Edison said QatarEnergy had extended the suspension of LNG supplies to the country until early November.
Edison said QatarEnergy had informed it that it could not deliver five additional LNG cargoes scheduled for Italy's Adriatic LNG receiving terminal. The company said the total number of cancelled cargoes had reached 29 and that it was arranging alternative sources to meet its energy needs.
The disruptions have forced buyers in Asia and Europe to seek alternative supplies, switch to other fuels or reduce gas consumption.
Qatar first declared force majeure in March as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz became severely disrupted. The measure has since been renewed monthly as the situation has continued.
Anne-Sophie Corbeau, a global research fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, said that QatarEnergy had no specific date for resuming normal exports and was therefore extending the cancellations month by month.
According to ICIS data, Qatar exported only 18 LNG cargoes during the first six months of the conflict, compared with 509 during the same period a year earlier.
Corbeau said prolonged disruptions to LNG supplies from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates could cause major disruption to global trade in 2026. She identified Pakistan, Bangladesh and India as particularly vulnerable, while Japan was comparatively less exposed because it purchases much less LNG from Qatar.
She said it could take until 2028 for global gas supplies to return to normal.
QatarEnergy President and CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said Iranian missile attacks on Ras Laffan had reduced Qatar's LNG export capacity by at least 17 per cent.
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source: Euronews
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