Attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure 'unacceptable,' India says, as LNG supply threatened

Record ID: 2367857

  • Title: Attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure 'unacceptable,' India says, as LNG supply threatened
  • Date: 19th March 2026
  • Summary: NEW DELHI, INDIA (MARCH 19, 2026) (ANI - No use India) (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT OF ECO-DIPLOMACY AND STRATEGIES, AND FOREIGN EXPERT, MAHESH SACHDEV, SAYING: "Luckily, in case of LNG, we are half self-reliant. So other half is imported and LNG very often is a substitute fuel for crude or refined petroleum products. Fertilizers are made out of LNG, pharmaceuticals, th
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  • Keywords: Cost of living Energy Fuel India Iran Israel LNG LPG Middle East Strait of Hormuz United States
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  • Country: India
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA005558819032026RP1
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  • Story Text: Indian foreign ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday (March 19) that attacks on the energy infrastructure in the Gulf region were “unacceptable” following Iranian strikes on energy targets across the Middle East.
    The strikes are the biggest escalation yet in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, which began nearly three weeks ago, sending global oil and gas prices soaring and stoking fears about the impact on the global economy.
    The Iranian aerial attacks caused extensive damage to the world's largest gas plant in Qatar, targeted a refinery in Saudi Arabia, forced the United Arab Emirates to shut gas facilities and started fires at two Kuwaiti refineries.
    Qatar's state oil company QatarEnergy, the world's second-largest LNG exporter, said on Wednesday (March 18) that Iranian missile attacks on Ras Laffan, the site of its core LNG processing operations, caused "extensive damage," while the UAE shut gas facilities after intercepting missiles early on Thursday.
    The Iranian attacks came after Iran’s own energy facilities in the South Pars refinery were targeted on Wednesday.
    (Production: David O’Sullivan)
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