Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG Intake Drops 600 MMcf, Data Shows

Gas flows into Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG plant in Texas dropped by nearly 600 MMcf on Sept. 23, with data pointing to a possible train outage.

(Reuters) — Gas flow into the largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant fell nearly 600 million cubic feet on Sept. 23 from Sept. 22, short of peak demand by 1.4 billion cubic feet (Bcf), according to preliminary data from financial firm LSEG.

Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass plant in Texas, which can pull over 5 Bcf a day of natural gas to convert into LNG, was down to 3.8 Bcf from 4.4 Bcf on Sept. 22, suggesting at least one of its processing plants, which are called trains, could be offline, LSEG data showed.

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cheniere is the largest exporter of the superchilled gas in the U.S. and played a key role in making the country the world's largest LNG exporter.