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Qatar LNG Tanker’s Hormuz Exit Is Rare Exception Showing Pakistan’s Clout

Islamabad is using geopolitical leverage to get badly needed gas supplies, but it’s a trick other nations will struggle to pull off.
A liquefied natural gas tanker.Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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Welcome to our guide to the commodities driving the global economy. Today, Asian Energy Team Leader Stephen Stapczynski says don’t get too excited by the LNG tanker that just made it out of the Persian Gulf.

The energy industry looked on with interest as a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz for the first time in months over the weekend.