Al Rekayyat
LNG carrier operated by Nakilat, hit by IRGC missiles in the Strait of Hormuz on 7 July 2026.
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Why did the Al Rekayyat strike push gas markets to react like oil markets?
Timeline for Al Rekayyat
Mentioned in: First sailors die in the tanker war
Iran Conflict 2026Mentioned in: IRGC strikes GFS Galaxy, shuts Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026Struck carrier that triggered the halt
European Energy Markets: Mentioned in: Qatar halts LNG ramp on carrier strikeHormuz goes dark as tankers flee
Iran Conflict 2026Qatari-operated LNG carrier struck days earlier
Iran Conflict 2026: Qatar summons Iran yet keeps mediatingWhat happened to the LNG carrier Al Rekayyat?
Who owns the Al Rekayyat LNG carrier?
How big is the Al Rekayyat LNG carrier?
Background
Built in 2009 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea, Al Rekayyat is a Q-Flex class LNG carrier with a cargo capacity of 216,300 cubic metres, one of 31 Q-Flex vessels in Nakilat's fleet and smaller only than the 14 Q-Max ships at its top tier. The vessel is wholly owned by Nakilat, chartered by Qatargas, flagged in the Marshall Islands, and has been under Nakilat's in-house ship management since September 2020, having previously been managed by Shell.
Al Rekayyat was struck by an Iranian missile on the port side near Limah, Oman, overnight into 7 July 2026 and caught fire; all crew were reported safe and no spill was recorded.
As the first Liquefied Natural Gas carrier, rather than an oil tanker, struck in the Hormuz corridor dispute, the attack widened the conflict's price shock from crude to gas markets and gave insurers fresh grounds to keep the strait's war-risk exclusion in force.
Why did the Al Rekayyat strike move oil and gas prices?
