The Qatari government said two Iranian drones hit a QatarEnergy facility and that authorities are assessing the scale of damage. The country’s LNG production accounts for roughly 20% of global supply.
So, for two drones to “halt 20% of global LNG production”, as the headline claims, they would have had to disable the entire production capacity of the entire country of Qatar, not just part of one facility.
So, for two drones to “halt 20% of global LNG production”, as the headline claims, they would have had to disable the entire production capacity of the entire country of Qatar
I think the point of the article is they DON’T have to do that to impact all of it?
Qatar has suspended liquefied natural gas (LNG) production after two Iranian drones struck energy facilities operated by state-owned QatarEnergy.
FYI Qatar is fucking tiny, its basically just one big city with a bunch of desert next to it. There arent necessarily duplicates for this kind of infrastructure.
The drones would not likely need to take out the whole facility. If the drones were particularly targeted, which they almost certainly were, then I can imagine they could take out a particular critical piece of infrastructure that could cause significant disruption.
So, for two drones to “halt 20% of global LNG production”, as the headline claims, they would have had to disable the entire production capacity of the entire country of Qatar, not just part of one facility.
I think the point of the article is they DON’T have to do that to impact all of it?
It already happened?
FYI Qatar is fucking tiny, its basically just one big city with a bunch of desert next to it. There arent necessarily duplicates for this kind of infrastructure.
The drones would not likely need to take out the whole facility. If the drones were particularly targeted, which they almost certainly were, then I can imagine they could take out a particular critical piece of infrastructure that could cause significant disruption.
But yeah, 20% is a lot for sure.