Qatar LNG Vessels U-Turn After Attempt to Pass Through Hormuz

By Stephen Stapczynski and Weilun Soon

Apr 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Two tankers carrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar appear to have abandoned an effort to exit the Persian Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz — delaying what would have been the first exports to buyers outside of the region since the war started.

The Al Daayen and Rasheeda, which each loaded LNG from Qatar’s export plant in late February, have u-turned away from the strait after earlier heading eastward toward the waterway near Oman, according to ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. 

The Al Daayen is still signaling Qatar’s largest LNG buyer China