Strait of Hormuz - My Project Note

12/10/2026Shell Partially Restarts Qatar’s Pearl GTL: 140,000 boe/d Plant Back After Six Months

2026-10-12 Shell has partially restarted its Pearl GTL (Gas-to-Liquids, 가스액화연료) plant in Qatar. Shell announced the restart on Thursday, 8 October 2026, roughly six months after the facility was damaged during the Iran war. According to Shell, the restart lets it build up a limited amount of product inventory in storage, although its ability to […]

28/09/2026QatarEnergy Pushes Back North Field East LNG Train 1 Startup to First Half of 2027

State-owned QatarEnergy has delayed the startup of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) production train under its North Field East (NFE) project from the originally planned 2026 to the first half of 2027. Energy Minister and QatarEnergy CEO Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said disruptions to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz could affect the delivery schedule […]

24/09/2026SCG Restarts Thailand’s Rayong Olefins Plant (ROC) After Six-Month Halt Tied to Strait of Hormuz Feedstock Crunch

Rayong Olefins Company (ROC), a unit of Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG), has restarted its olefins production facility after roughly six months of suspended operations caused by a Middle East-driven feedstock crunch. The plant, which halted production in March amid disruption to naphtha and propane supplies routed through the Strait of Hormuz, resumed operations on […]