Cameron LNG reduces gas intake at Louisiana export plant for planned work

Chiyoda

12/02/2020 13:41

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Cameron LNG said the amount of gas
flowing to its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in
Louisiana declined this week due to scheduled maintenance
related to commissioning of the second liquefaction train.
    Gas flows to Cameron fell to around 0.7 billion cubic feet
per day (bcfd) on Tuesday and Wednesday from an average of 1.4
bcfd last week, according to Refinitiv, a data provider.
    The company did not say when the planned work would end.
    There are two trains operating at Cameron. Train 1 started
producing LNG around May 2019. Train 2 is not officially in
service yet but has been liquefying gas since December.
    The company has said it expects trains 2 and 3 to enter
commercial service in the first and third quarters of 2020,
respectively. The company has said the first phase of the
project cost about $10 billion.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N29W0W4
    In addition, the company has said it anticipates making a
final investment decision (FID) by mid 2021 to add two
additional liquefaction trains, 4 and 5. Cameron LNG has said
this second phase could enter service by mid 2026.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N29W0VD
    All of the trains at Cameron are designed to export about
5.0 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), or 0.65 bcfd. One billion
cubic feet is enough gas for about five million U.S. homes for a
day.
    Just looking at terminals under construction, U.S. LNG
export capacity is expected to jump to 10.0 bcfd by the end of
2020 and 10.7 bcfd in 2021 from 7.8 bcfd now.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N29W0W4
    That keeps the United States on track to become the biggest
LNG exporter in the world by 2024, up from No. 3 in 2019 behind
Australia and Qatar.
    Cameron is owned by affiliates of Sempra Energy  SRE.N ,
Total SA  TOTF.PA , Mitsui & Co Ltd  8031.T  and Japan LNG
Investment LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp
 8058.T  and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK)  9101.T .
Sempra indirectly owns 50.2% of Cameron.
    McDermott International Inc  MDRIQ.PK  and Chiyoda Corp
 6366.T  are the lead contractors for the first phase of
Cameron.

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 (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
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