Middle East threat to gas exports

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain severed air, sea and land transport links with Qatar on June 5. In 2016 Qatar shipped 78.8 million tons of liquefied natural gas – one-third of global supply


Existing gas pipelines

Dolphin pipeline (operated by UAE)

BAHRAIN
Headquarters of U.S. Fifth Fleet

Border closed
40-50% of food imports shipped from Saudi Arabia

Ras Laffan

QATAR

North Field

Doha

Al Udeid Air Base
U.S. Central Command

SAUDI ARABIA

South Pars (Iran)

ARABIAN GULF

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

IRAN

Dubai
Regional financial centre

Jebel Ali

Taweelah

Abu Dhabi

Maqta

Al Ain

100km

Strait of Hormuz

OMAN

Khor al Fakkan

Fujairah

OMAN

Fujairah
Main bunkering port has banned all Qatari ships. Khor al Fakkan also closed to Qatar’s ships



Qatar LNG exports (billion cubic metres, 2016)

150
100
50
0
2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Qatar LNG production (billion cubic metres)

45.8

2007: Dolphin pipeline opens

89.3

131.2

157.0

177.6

185 (est.)



Japan 20.2

UAE 17.7

South Korea 16.3

India 13.5

UK 11.9

Taiwan 8.7

China 6.5

Italy 5.8

Oman 2.1



Sources: BP Statistical Review, Platts Analytics, Wood MacKenzie

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