India, March 19 -- Early Thursday morning, Qatar Energy issued a statement that sent shockwaves through already-rattled global energy markets. As tensions in the US-Israel-Iran conflict escalated, the war took a dramatic turn on March 19 when Iran targeted Qatar's key energy infrastructure.

Qatar Energy, the country's largest energy company, confirmed that Ras Laffan Industrial City, which is home to the world's biggest LNG facilities and the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant, was hit by Iranian missiles.

"In addition to the previous attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City on Wednesday, 18 March 2026, which caused extensive damage to the Pearl GTL facility, QatarEnergy confirms that in the early hours of Thursday, 19 March 2026, several LNG...