Qatar Rewrites Its Gas Playbook With Old Tankers and New Tactics

By Stephen Stapczynski, Priscila Azevedo Rocha, Salma El Wardany and Sing Yee Ong (Bloomberg) —

Six months into a war that sowed upheaval in the Persian Gulf, Qatar found itself stuck. By late August, even limited shipments from the gas heavyweight had all but stopped following a projectile attack on one of its tankers outside the Strait of Hormuz. Pressure was growing, not only from energy-starved clients but also from inside an economy built on regular deliveries.

Then senior executives at QatarEnergy saw a potential fix — Al Rayyan, one of the oldest vessels in the fleet.

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