Shell extends outage at Queensland Curtis LNG plant to Oct. 30

LONDON (Reuters) — Royal Dutch Shell has extended a shutdown at its Queensland Curtis LNG export plant to Oct. 30, data on the Australia Energy Market Operator (AEMO) website showed.

The 8.5 MMtpy capacity liquefaction plant started planned maintenance on Oct. 6. It has two production units, or trains.

According to the last AEMO update, more than half of a train but not more than a full train was planned to be shut Oct. 6–23. It said that more than one and a half trains but not more than two trains would be shut between Oct. 9–22.

In the latest update, the AEMO notice says that more than half of an LNG train but not more than a full train would remain shut until Oct. 30.

LNG producers such as Shell voluntarily submit information on production outages to the AEMO.

Reporting by Oleg Vukmanovic; editing by Jason Neely

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