Gas flow at Cheniere's Louisiana LNG plant to hit 3-week high after maintenance

June 23 (Reuters) - The amount of natural gas flowing to U.S. liquefied natural gas company Cheniere Energy's LNG.N Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana was on track to rise to a preliminary three-week high on Monday, according to data from financial company LSEG.

Energy traders said that the expected increase in gas flows and a notice from Cheniere that the company finished work on a pipeline that provides gas to the plant on June 20 were signs the facility was exiting an estimated three-week maintenance reduction.

Gas flows to the 4.5 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) Sabine were on track to rise to a preliminary 4.2 bcfd on Monday, up from an average of 3.0 bcfd since late May, according to the LSEG data.

One billion cubic feet is enough gas to supply about 5 million U.S. homes for a day.

Officials at Cheniere said they had no updates on the plant at this time.

Cheniere told customers it finished work on the 1.5-bcfd Creole Trail pipeline, which supplies some of the gas used at Sabine, on June 20. The company said it started the most recent work on the pipeline around May 31.

With feedgas to Sabine on track to rise, gas flows to all eight of the big U.S. LNG export plants, including Sabine, rose to a preliminary three-week high of 15.0 bcfd on Monday, up from 14.2 bcfd on Sunday and an average of 14.1 bcfd so far in June, according to the LSEG data.

That compares with a total LNG feedgas average of 15.0 bcfd in May and a monthly record high of 16.0 bcfd in April.