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        "id": 1818454,
        "msgid": "qatar-gas-terminal-explosion-update-death-toll-rises-to-13-1782193898",
        "date": "2026-06-23 11:30:00",
        "title": "Qatar Gas Terminal Explosion Update: Death Toll Rises to 13",
        "author": "",
        "source": "CNBC",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Energy",
        "summary": "A catastrophic explosion at Qatar's Ras Laffan gas terminal has killed 13 migrant workers and injured 66 others during efforts to restart operations following an Iranian missile attack. The incident at the Barzan gas facility threatens to further destabilise global energy markets, as the state-owned operator insists it was a technical accident rather than sabotage.",
        "content": "<p>A massive explosion rocked Qatar\u2019s main liquefied natural gas export\nterminal on Sunday evening local time, triggering a large fire that\nkilled at least 13 workers and injured 66 others amid recovery efforts\nfollowing a bombing by the Iranian military. The disaster at the Ras\nLaffan industrial complex has the potential to spark fresh turmoil in\nglobal energy markets, given Qatar\u2019s status as one of the world\u2019s\nlargest natural gas producers. Doha had previously been forced to halt\nall production due to a tight Iranian blockade of the Strait of Hormuz,\nwhich severed delivery routes to international customers. As Tehran\u2019s\ngrip on the strait eased following ongoing peace negotiations, Qatar\nmoved swiftly to reactivate its export terminal. However, the restart\nprocess triggered a fatal explosion at the Barzan gas facility,\nstate-owned enterprise QatarEnergy confirmed. \u201cI want to stress that\nthis incident was purely a technical accident, not an act of sabotage or\nan enemy attack,\u201d Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi stated at a\npress conference in Doha on Monday afternoon. Al-Kaabi detailed that all\nof the deceased were migrant workers from India and Pakistan, while the\n66 injured comprised Qatari nationals and various workers from several\nAfrican and Asian countries. The full scale of structural damage to the\nfacility remains unknown. The Barzan plant has a massive production\ncapacity of nearly 1.4 billion standard cubic feet of commercial gas per\nday, a supply crucial for domestic stability as it serves as the primary\nfuel for local power plants and drives water desalination facilities in\nthe desert Arabian Peninsula. The plant is almost entirely owned by the\nQatari government, with a small stake held by US oil giant ExxonMobil.\nLast March, Iranian missiles struck Ras Laffan, causing extensive damage\nand forcing Qatar to suspend operations for safety reasons before this\nweekend\u2019s incident occurred.<\/p>",
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