doha, April 7 -- More than four-dozen empty Qatari liquefied natural gas tankers are idling across Asia, as the nation's export plant remains shut and the Strait of Hormuz largely closed because of the war in the Middle East. The tankers are gathered in several locations, including western India, off the coast of Sri Lanka, the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca, and the waters east of Singapore, according to an analysis of tracking data from Bloomberg and Kpler. None of the tankers is carrying LNG, the data shows. Qatar was forced to shut production at the world's largest LNG export plant following an Iranian drone attack in early-March, upending the global market and leaving its vast fleet of tankers without orders. Parts of the f...