By Admin 
The ongoing war in the Middle East is now affecting the entire world. The impact of the ongoing war between Iran, Israel and America has started becoming visible on India too, because attacks on energy related targets have started in the Gulf countries. Till now Iran was targeting only American military bases, but now it has started attacking oil and gas related infrastructure. There was a missile attack on a large gas plant located in Ras Laffan Industrial City of Qatar, due to which a fire broke out there and production had to be stopped. This attack happened at a time when Israel attacked Iran’s South Pars gas field. After this, Iran warned Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates that their energy bases could be targeted.
According to CNBC report, Qatar is one of the world’s largest LNG i.e. Liquefied Natural Gas supplier countries. Due to the attack on the gas plant there, the risk of increase in the prices of gas and oil across the world has increased. Its impact on India may be greater because India imports about 47 percent of its gas requirement from Qatar. Every year India imports about 27 million tonnes of LNG, of which 12 to 13 million tonnes comes from Qatar. Apart from this, about 24 percent gas comes from UAE and about 11 percent gas comes from America.
QatarEnergy’s Ras Laffan Industrial City to the north of Doha, Qatar’s main site for the production of liquefied natural gas and gas-to-liquid, as well as the largest export terminal for LNG in the world, has been heavily targeted tonight by ballistic missiles fired by Iran.… pic.twitter.com/Ax9WaOjDAK
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 18, 2026
Under what circumstances will India have to take gas from other countries?
If gas production in Qatar remains affected for a long time, India may have to buy expensive gas from other places. This can have a direct impact on the common people, because the prices of domestic cooking gas (LPG) may increase. Along with this, due to increasing tension in the Strait of Hormuz, some gas tankers of India are also stranded in the sea, due to which the pressure on supply is increasing. However, the government has said that at present there is no shortage of gas in the country. With the increasing attacks in the Middle East, the danger has now increased that the war will not be limited only to military bases, but will also affect the world’s energy supply. This can have an impact on the economy of many countries including India and the lives of common people.