Source: Google Maps In the classic cups-and-balls trick, the challenge is figuring out where the ball went. In today’s LNG market, Qatar is making the cargoes harder to track. The Strait of Hormuz remains the critical chokepoint. With the Iran conflict disrupting shipments, Qatar has been forced to improvise to keep LNG moving from Ras Laffan. According to Bloomberg’s October 14 reporting, QatarEnergy has deployed an unusual workaround: an older LNG carrier, sailing without A

Source: By Roysma For decades, the LNG industry operated on a simple assumption: the greatest risks were commercial—price volatility, weather disruptions, and infrastructure constraints. Today, a new threat has emerged that is far cheaper, harder to defend against, and capable of disrupting global energy flows overnight: drones. Recent incidents demonstrate how quickly geopolitical risk is entering the LNG value chain. An Iranian drone attack that damaged infrastructure at th