{"id":529453,"date":"2026-03-11T16:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529453\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T16:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:24:09","slug":"shell-totalenergies-declare-force-majeure-to-clients-taking-qatari-lng-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/529453\/","title":{"rendered":"Shell, TotalEnergies declare force majeure to clients taking Qatari LNG, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A car passes near QatarEnergy’s LNG production facilities on March 2.Stringer\/Reuters<\/p>\n

Several companies that buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from QatarEnergy as portfolio players or offtakers \u2013 including Shell SHEL-N<\/a>, TotalEnergies TTE-N<\/a> and some firms in Asia \u2013 have declared force majeure to customers they supply, three sources told Reuters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Qatar, the world\u2019s second-largest LNG exporter, announced a production halt at its 77 million tons per annum (mtpa) facility last week and declared force majeure on LNG shipments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Shell, the world\u2019s largest LNG trader, declined to comment. TotalEnergies did not immediately respond to Reuters request for comment.<\/p>\n

Both companies have long-term partnerships with QatarEnergy and are partners in the company\u2019s massive North Field expansion project which aims to boost capacity by 2027.<\/p>\n

Ottawa eyeing moves to boost oil production amid global supply shock<\/a><\/p>\n

Analysts estimate Shell takes 6.8 million tons per annum (mtpa) of Qatari LNG, while TotalEnergies takes 5.2 mtpa and sells them to their clients worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Qatari Energy Minister Saad al-Kaabi told the Financial Times last week that it would take \u201cweeks to months\u201d to return to normal deliveries, even if the war ended today. The company declared force majeure on LNG shipments on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Sources told Reuters last week that the FM notices sent to clients stated that LNG deliveries\u00a0for March will not be affected, with the impact being felt as of April.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: A car passes near QatarEnergy’s LNG production facilities on March 2.Stringer\/Reuters Several companies…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,45,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,865,61,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":{"0":"post-529453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-alberta","9":"tag-arts-news","10":"tag-bc","11":"tag-breaking-news","12":"tag-breaking-news-video","13":"tag-british-columbia","14":"tag-business","15":"tag-ca","16":"tag-canada","17":"tag-canada-news","18":"tag-canada-sports","19":"tag-canada-sports-news","20":"tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","21":"tag-canadian-breaking-news","22":"tag-canadian-news","23":"tag-economy","24":"tag-education","25":"tag-environment","26":"tag-federal-government","27":"tag-foreign-news","28":"tag-globe-and-mail","29":"tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","30":"tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","31":"tag-government","32":"tag-life-news","33":"tag-lifestyle","34":"tag-local-news","35":"tag-manitoba","36":"tag-national-news","37":"tag-new-brunswick","38":"tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","39":"tag-northwest-territories","40":"tag-nova-scotia","41":"tag-nunavut","42":"tag-ontario","43":"tag-pei","44":"tag-photos","45":"tag-political-news","46":"tag-political-opinion","47":"tag-politics","48":"tag-politics-news","49":"tag-quebec","50":"tag-sports-news","51":"tag-technology","52":"tag-travel","53":"tag-trudeau","54":"tag-us-news","55":"tag-world-news","56":"tag-yukon"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}