BRIEF-QatarEnergy Confirms Loss Of 13 Lives In Operational Accident At Ras Laffan Industrial City

- QATARENERGY:

  • UPDATE STATEMENT ON OPERATIONAL INCIDENT AT RAS LAFFAN INDUSTRIAL CITY

  • CONFIRMS THE TRAGIC LOSS OF 13 LIVES, AND THAT 66 PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT, NONE OF WHOM ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION

  • QATARENERGY’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM AND QATAR’S CIVIL DEFENSE SWIFTLY AND FULLY EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE ONSITE

  • LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS WAS OPERATIONAL ACCIDENT AND NOT SABOTAGE OR HOSTILE IN NATURE.

  • WORK IS UNDERWAY TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE TO BARZAN AND NEIGHBORING FACILITIES

  • LNG FACILITIES, RAS LAFFAN PORT, OTHER LOGISTICS OPERATIONS, AND QATARENERGY’S EXPORT CAPABILITIES REMAIN UNAFFECTED