EnergyReader · 2026-08-01 12:43

QatarEnergy Spent $1 Billion on U.S. LNG as Drones Hit Egypt's Damietta Port

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 1, 2026

At least two drones struck the US-owned Energos Winter floating storage and regasification unit and a second gas-processing vessel at Egypt's Damietta port on Wednesday (2026-07-29), setting both facilities ablaze. The attack was the first to reach Egypt's Mediterranean gas infrastructure since the Middle East conflict began, arriving as QatarEnergy was completing nearly $1 billion in emergency U.S. LNG purchases to keep Asian customers supplied through the Strait of Hormuz disruption.

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