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Fears are mounting over a potential energy crisis in South Asia<\/a> after Iran\u2019s recent missile strike reportedly damaged Qatar\u2019s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world\u2019s largest LNG export hub. The full extent of the damage remains unclear, but experts warn that prolonged disruption could severely impact global gas supply.

Energy analyst Anne-Sophie Corbeau told Al Jazeera that repairs could take months or longer, citing past incidents like the 2022 Freeport LNG outage in the US and Norway\u2019s Sn\u00f8hvit plant fire in 2020. In a worst-case scenario, Ras Laffan may not fully resume operations<\/a> even in 2026.

Countries like Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India are particularly vulnerable due to heavy reliance on Qatari LNG imports. Analysts warn that supply disruptions could trigger gas shortages, reduced power generation, increased load shedding, and setbacks in industrial production, prompting urgent calls for alternative energy planning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fears are mounting over a potential energy crisis in South Asia after Iran\u2019s recent missile strike reportedly damaged Qatar\u2019s Ras Laffan Industrial City, the world\u2019s largest LNG export hub. The full extent of the damage remains unclear, but experts warn that prolonged disruption could severely impact global gas supply.Energy analyst Anne-Sophie Corbeau told Al Jazeera […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,13,15,33,42,43,21,34,32,27],"tags":[61,62,64,36,65,63],"class_list":["post-416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-bs-business","category-bs-economy","category-gulfnews","category-iran","category-iranstrikes","category-bs-politics","category-uaenews","category-war","category-bs-world","tag-bangladesh","tag-gas","tag-gas-field","tag-iran","tag-power","tag-qatar"],"yoast_head":"\nBangladesh is at risk of power outages - Gulf News24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fears are mounting over a potential energy crisis in South Asia after Iran\u2019s recent missile strike reportedly damaged Qatar\u2019s Ras Laffan.....\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulfnews24.live\/index.php\/2026\/03\/21\/bangladesh-is-at-risk-of-power-outages\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bangladesh is at risk of power outages - 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