Posted on 06/22/2026 3:04:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in Ras Laffan industrial zone on Sunday night, the interior ministry said, with the city's skyline turning orange because of the explosion.
Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said the explosion would not affect the country's exports, adding "this was an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature".
The Ras Laffan Port is the largest artificial harbour in the world and has the world's largest LNG export facility.
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On Sunday, QatarEnergy, which is the country's state-owned energy company, confirmed the explosion occurred at "Barzan local gas supply facility in the evening hours of Sunday 21 June".
The blast occurred as workers were restarting operations that were previously halted in March.
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Boom.
You posted about a tragedy Philippines in another thread, and it is my understanding that a lot of Filipinos live in Qatar, and make up the bulk of the Christian population there. Prayers up for everyone affected by this too.
This sounds horrific.
May the families know Christ and be comforted.
I bet not a single Arab “Qatari” was killed.
According to Wiki, Qatari natives are 10.5% of the population. Chances are slim that a Qatari worked in that facility.
Of course the other options, with Cutter now out of business for a while, are the US and Russia, both countries now DESPISED by this generation of European rulers. So, for the other 99.9, you might want to ‘buy some wool’ as it will soon be a ‘very challenging’ winter.
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