According to information released by U.S. authorities on June 16 local time, QatarEnergy, which operates Qatar's largest liquefied natural gas facility, has informed its customers that it is prepared to restore production capacity to 50% of the level before the passage was blocked within one month after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, and to 80% within two months.

Since the end of February, the Strait of Hormuz, a global energy transport artery, has been largely blockaded, severely impacting energy exports from Gulf countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Qatar shares the world's largest natural gas field discovered to date, the South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field, with Iran, and is the world's second-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas, after the United States.

Qatar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the memorandum of understanding reached between the United States and Iran on June 15, calling for the early resumption of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz.