QatarEnergy instructs tankers to wait outside Strait of Hormuz before loading, sources say
This applies to tankers for liquefied natural gas (LNG) and petrochemicals, the sources said.
QatarEnergy did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Marwa Rashad in London and Andrew Mills in Doha; editing by Jason Neely)
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