Cheniere Sabine Pass trims LNG output after production line outage
- Sabine Pass LNG plant reduces gas intake due to production unit outage
- Maintenance work underway, production expected to ramp up after completion
- Cheniere declines to comment on operations; expects 51 MM tonnes (t) exports this year
Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas plant in Louisiana is taking on reduced flows of natural gas amid an outage at one of its production units, according to data from financial firm LSEG and sources.
Sabine Pass, the largest LNG plant in the U.S., can process over 5 Bft3d of gas. It asked to receive only 2.6 Bft3 on Thursday, LSEG data showed.
At least one production train at Sabine Pass is down as the company performs maintenance work, two people with knowledge of Cheniere's operations said. They said the work should be completed on Thursday and begin ramping up production by Friday.
Cheniere said that it doesn't comment on day-to-day operations or commercial activities. The company is the largest U.S. LNG exporter and said last month it expects to export 51 MMt of the superchilled gas this year.
The outage comes amid tight worldwide supply for LNG, with about 20% of global capacity offline as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East that has forced Qatar to shut in production.
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