The attack forced the Qatar-based RasGas firm to shut down its website and email systems.

BBC: Computer virus hits second energy firm

RasGas, one of the world's largest producers of liquid petroleum gas, said production was not hit by the attack.

BBC: Computer virus hits second energy firm

Neither RasGas nor Aramco has released details of which virus penetrated its networks.

BBC: Computer virus hits second energy firm

Computer systems at energy firm RasGas have been taken offline by a computer virus only days after a similar attack on oil giant Aramco.

BBC: Computer virus hits second energy firm

At the Gastech industry conference in October, I asked a panel which included executives from Japanese buyer Tokyo Gas and Qatari producer Rasgas whether it was possible that we would see hub-linked LNG in the near future.

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