Qatar ships LNG to UAE after Dolphin pipeline outage

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters): A major gas pipeline from Qatar to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dolphin, experienced an outage for several days last month and Qatar filled the gap with additional liquefied gas supplies, a source familiar with the situation said.

Qatar has been under a political and economic boycott by its neighbors, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accuse Doha of supporting extremism. Doha denies the claim. Qatar, the world's biggest producer of LNG, said when the embargo was imposed in June 2017 it would not close the pipeline, which would have caused major disruptions to the UAE's gas system.

Dolphin supplies 2.0 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from Qatar's North Field to customers in the UAE. The project is owned by Dolphin Energy Limited, which in turn is owned by the UAE's Mubadala with 51 per cent, Total with 24.5 per cent and Occidental with 24.5 per cent.