{
  "id": 15730337,
  "title": "South Asia LNG demand growth derailed as Middle East conflict exposes critical supply vulnerabilities",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/south-asia-lng-demand-growth-derailed-as-middle-east-conflict-exposes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T10:00:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/south-asia-lng-demand-growth-derailed-as-middle-east-conflict-exposes-critical-supply-vulnerabilities/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "South Asian LNG markets have absorbed one of the most severe supply shocks in the history of the global gas trade, as the war in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz cut off Qatari and UAE LNG flows to a region that had made itself critically dependent on them. LNG ...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}