The Freeport LNG export terminal in Texas was running at about half of normal capacity on Thursday following a power interruption that had put the entire plant offline a day earlier, according to data from financial firm LSEG.

Freeport LNG is the third-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in the U.S. and in the past has influenced LNG prices when it had technical challenges.

The facility nominated some 1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas on Thursday, according to the LSEG data, about half of its typical 2.2 bcf when operating normally.

The company told Reuters that all its trains were operating on Thursday, but did not comment on the LSEG data.

The company had said in a filing with state regulator, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, on Wednesday that all three of its trains had tripped offline due to a power interruption.

“The plant operators managed to restore the normal operations of Trains 1, 2, and 3 as quickly and efficiently as possible to minimize vent gas to the flare,” Freeport said in the filing, saying the event lasted around nine hours.

Freeport LNG has had frequent outages and in July alone reported seven trips of its LNG plants at its Texas facility, according to TCEQ filings.
Source: Reuters