{"id":329759,"date":"2026-03-05T06:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329759\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T06:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T06:06:07","slug":"qatarenergy-declares-force-majeure-as-attacks-halt-liquid-natural-gas-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/329759\/","title":{"rendered":"QatarEnergy declares force majeure as attacks halt liquid natural gas production"},"content":{"rendered":"

QatarEnergy declared force majeure on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through global markets as the economic impact of the conflict with Iran widens. This legal clause is used when a company cannot meet its contractual obligations due to circumstances beyond its control.<\/p>\n

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The announcement came just two days after two of the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities were attacked, forcing a pause in production.<\/p>\n

Tensions remain high in the Gulf region on the fifth day of the conflict, which began when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran on Saturday.<\/p>\n

‘Flagrant violation’ of sovereignty<\/p>\n

Qatar’s Ministry of Defence reported that at dawn on Wednesday, its air and naval defences intercepted 10 drones and two cruise missiles launched from Iran.<\/p>\n

The Qatari Cabinet reiterated its strong condemnation of the “successive waves of Iranian attacks,” calling them a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty.”<\/p>\n

Throughout the day, Euronews journalists on the ground observed two combat helicopters patrolling the skies over the capital, Doha. American and British Air Force planes were also seen maintaining a reinforced security perimeter around the city.<\/p>\n

Sleeper cells dismantled<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported the arrest of two sleeper cells allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.<\/p>\n

According to QNA, 10 suspects have been detained. Seven are accused of spying on vital military infrastructure, while three were allegedly tasked with carrying out sabotage operations.<\/p>\n

Qatar’s airspace remains closed, with Qatar Airways stating that the next update for stranded passengers is expected on Friday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QatarEnergy declared force majeure on Wednesday, sending shockwaves through global markets as the economic impact of the conflict…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":329760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,580,61,151033,60,4444],"class_list":["post-329759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-energy","tag-ie","tag-iran-war","tag-ireland","tag-qatar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=329759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/329760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=329759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=329759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=329759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}