Attacks on Qatar’s LNG facilities could impact India but we have diversified sources as well: Officials

Any attacks on Qatar’s energy facilities or anything which affects energy supplies from the Middle East would impact India, but the country has diversified its sources to deal with the paradigm, Sujata Sharma, Joint-Secretary at the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MoPNG) told reporters on Thursday (March 19, 2026) addressing concerns about the impact on India’s natural gas supplies going forward as Iran attacked Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City.  

“Forty-seven percent of our import of LNG is from Qatar, [therefore], any impact there or anything which affects supplies in the Middle East would impact us,” she stated, adding, “We are dealing with it in the sense we are trying to pick up cargoes from other sources.”  

Elaborating on the diversification of sources for LNG, she told reporters, “Qatar is definitely a big supplier, however, there are other suppliers, such as Australia and United States.” 

For context, Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar was subject to missile attacks from Tehran Wednesday. The attacks also caused “extensive damage” to QatarEnergy’s – which is the largest LNG producer in the world – facilities. It informed the attacks caused “sizeable fires and extensive further damage”. 

For context, India’s natural gas consumption is 195 million metric standard cubic meters per day (MMSCMD) of which half is domestically produced. Of the remainder, 60 mmscmd is routed through the Strait of Hormuz.