Energy Under Fire

Wake Up To Money

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4.1 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The world's biggest facility for producing liquified natural gas in Qatar has been hit by Iranian strikes - Sean Farrington looks at how much it could drive up oil and gas prices.

The government launches its strategy for the UK steel industry today - one producer in Cardiff tells Wake Up to Money how it looks from their perspective.

And could ube, a sweet purple yam popular in the Philippines, be the biggest viral food craze since matcha?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:07.0	An early start here. It's time to kick off.
0:10.0	Your day. Morning!
0:11.9	What a line-up.
0:13.3	Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show.
0:16.1	The crowd is loving this.
0:18.3	Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind.
0:20.2	From morning chaos to match day commentary.
0:23.6	And everything in between.
0:25.0	BBC sounds packed with personality.
0:29.5	Wake Up to Money from BBC 5 Live.
0:32.8	Hello, welcome.
0:33.9	It is Wake Up to Money.
0:35.1	The world's biggest facility producing liquefied natural gas in
0:39.0	Qatar has been hit by Iranian strikes. In retaliation, they say, for an Israeli attack on the largest
0:45.2	Iranian gas field. As we speak, the price of oil is above $112 a barrel. We'll look at the latest there.
0:52.9	The government launches its strategy for the UK steel industry today.
0:56.6	One producer in Cardiff is going to tell us how it looks from their perspective.
1:00.2	And have you ever heard of Ube?
1:02.2	It's a vegetable apparently, and it's meant to be so much better than a matcher.
1:07.6	Now, could this purple potato be the biggest viral food craze since matcha? What, a few weeks ago?
1:14.4	Wake up to Money with Sean Farrington. Good morning to you. Wake up to money on BBC 5 live. Lots to talk about on the show today. 85058, of course, very much like your thoughts on all we are discussing. You
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