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World Service,19 Mar 2026,8 mins
Gas prices soar after strikes on energy facilities in Qatar and Iran
World Business ReportAvailable for 28 days
Gas prices rise sharply following an attack on Qatar's Ras Laffan energy complex. QatarEnergy has confirmed "extensive damage" to the plant used to convert natural gas into LPG. The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has hit some Asian countries particularly hard because of their dependence on energy supplies from the Middle East. We hear from people in the Philippines and Morocco about how they're coping with rising fuel prices.
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