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[–] nulluser@lemmy.world 59 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (3 children)

The Qatari government said two Iranian drones hit a QatarEnergy facility and that authorities are assessing the scale of damage. The country's LNG production accounts for roughly 20% of global supply.

So, for two drones to "halt 20% of global LNG production", as the headline claims, they would have had to disable the entire production capacity of the entire country of Qatar, not just part of one facility.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

FYI Qatar is fucking tiny, its basically just one big city with a bunch of desert next to it. There arent necessarily duplicates for this kind of infrastructure.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 28 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

So, for two drones to "halt 20% of global LNG production", as the headline claims, they would have had to disable the entire production capacity of the entire country of Qatar

I think the point of the article is they DON'T have to do that to impact all of it?

Qatar has suspended liquefied natural gas (LNG) production after two Iranian drones struck energy facilities operated by state-owned QatarEnergy.

It already happened?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago
[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The drones would not likely need to take out the whole facility. If the drones were particularly targeted, which they almost certainly were, then I can imagine they could take out a particular critical piece of infrastructure that could cause significant disruption.

But yeah, 20% is a lot for sure.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I don't think they need to be particularly targeted, any part of the processing facility that is damaged is going to stop production until fixed.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Well, there can be some redundancy, and some parts are harder to replace than others. Just going off of of what I know, I'd target a big pipe or the heating/cooling systems. A distillation tower or chemical reactor could be redirected around.

[–] 1dalm@lemmings.world 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

They have to be targeted. They wouldn't shut the whole facility down if the bomb landed in the remote employee parking lot.

But I don't see that it's likely that Iran wouldn't target their strikes. They clearly have the capability. Hit the targets that maximize disruption.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 10 hours ago

When I said processing facility I don't mean the parking lot or the offices, but the industrial part.