Hurricane Ida hits US LNG hub state of Louisiana but passes east of liquefaction and export plants
Hurricane Ida has made landfall in the US LNG hub state of Louisiana and came ashore as a Category 4 storm at Port Fourchon, a seaport with significant oil and natural gas industry offshore vessel supply traffic for Gulf of Mexico oil and platforms and drilling rigs.
US LNG back on track with Sempra Energy’s Cameron plant shipping first cargo since hurricane outage
US LNG exports are back on track after Sempra Energy shipped its first cargo from the Cameron liquefaction and export plant at Hackberry in Louisiana following a shutdown due to a power outage and other damage from a Gulf Coast hurricane at the end of August.
Calcasieu Pass LNG project in Louisiana gives insight into working in hurricane zone in report to regulator
Venture Global has told regulators it was making steady progress on the Calcasieu Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana, expected to come on stream in 2022 along with the TransCameron Pipeline, though recent work was hampered by the very active hurricane season on the Gulf Coast.
US ships six LNG cargoes after hurricane while Asian spot cargo values and European prices rise
US liquefied natural gas exports decreased to six vessels in the past week because of hurricane disruption, though this was offset by higher natural gas and LNG indicators in Europe and Asia to help move future cargoes into profitable territory.
US Gulf Coast liquefaction plants getting back on track as LNG and global natural gas prices are steady
US LNG exports are expected to take a week or so to reach the levels prior to Hurricane Laura hitting the Gulf Coast as the Sabine Pass and Cameron plants in Louisiana considered their reopening processes after operations were temporarily suspended with controlled shutdowns.
