Cameron LNG undergoing maintenance, cargoes not affected, company says

HOUSTON, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Natural gas flows to the Cameron LNG export facility in Louisiana were significantly reduced for a second consecutive day on Tuesday for short-term maintenance, the company said.

Gas flows to the facility, the fourth-largest in the United States, was down to 1.3 billion cubic feet (bcf) from usual consumption of 2 bcfd, suggesting that at least one of its plants - also called trains - was down, LSEG data shows.

Cameron LNG is majority owned by Sempra Infrastructure SRE.N and has helped the U.S. to become the world's leading exporter of the superchilled gas since 2023.

The company said it began short, scheduled maintenance on Monday, but exports from the plant would not be affected.

"Though LNG production and feed gas flows will be lower during the maintenance period, we don’t anticipate any disruption to the loading of LNG cargos," a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Daily LNG export feedgas was on track to rise to 15.3 bcfd on Tuesday from a two-week low of 14.2 bcfd on Monday owing to reductions at several plants. The plants included Cheniere Energy's LNG.N 4.5 bcfd Sabine Pass in Louisiana, Cameron LNG's 2.0 bcfd plant in Louisiana and Freeport LNG's 2.1 bcfd plant in Texas.