Buyers Are So Hungry for LNG That Tankers Are Lining Up Off Qatar

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By Verity Ratcliffe and Stephen Stapczynski

September 13, 2021 at 9:10 AM UTC

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More than a dozen liquefied natural gas tankers are waiting their turn to fill up at Qatar’s port of Ras Laffan in a clear sign of how tight the global gas market has become.