Japan’s Chiyoda Considers Resuming Work on Qatar LNG Project

Japan’s Chiyoda Corp. says it is considering resuming construction work on a giant liquefied natural gas export plant in Qatar, in a sign of cautious optimism hours after the US and Iran agreed a ceasefire.

Qatar evacuated staff from its facility in Ras Laffan in early March following an Iranian drone attack. That shut production and again delayed the start of a massive expansion, which had been due to come online by the end of this year. Chiyoda, an engineering heavyweight, is one of the companies involved in that construction.