Doha, Qatar: Qatar has evacuated all offshore employees to safe locations after announcing a halt to production of liquefied natural gas on Monday following Iran’s continuous strikes targeting Gulf countries. Iran has been targeting US bases and energy facilities in retaliation for Israeli and US strikes against it, and the killing of its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The evacuation of the offshore employees started this morning after closure of the energy facilities, a source confirmed to Timeline.

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State-owned Qatar Energy complex hosts Qatar’s gas trains — massive processing units that supercool natural gas into liquid form for export by ship.

Iran’s attack on Saudi Arabia’s biggest domestic oil refinery had led to the suspension of operation earlier. Following the development, Natural gas prices soared with the benchmark European price, the Dutch front-month contract at the TTF hub , up 46% as of 1426 GMT.

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