‘Detrimental consequences’: QatarEnergy CEO warned against energy attacks on Iran

Middle East Eye · March 20, 2026 War

‘Detrimental consequences’: QatarEnergy CEO warned against energy attacks on Iran QatarEnergy CEO Saad al-Kaabi says he repeatedly warned that any attack on Iran’s energy sites could put Qatar’s own gas infrastructure in danger. “I was always warning, talking to executives from oil and gas that are partnered with us, talking to the US secretary of energy, to warn ⁠him of that consequence and that that could be detrimental to us,” Kaabi told Reuters news agency. On Wednesday, Qatari officials said that Iranian missile strikes caused “significant damage” at Ras Laffan Industrial City, located 80km from the capital, Doha.

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