US natgas flows to LNG export plants set to hit record high

The amount of natural gas flowing to US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plants was on track to hit a daily record high on March 3 as Freeport LNG’s facility in Texas keeps pulling in more of the fuel, according to data provider Refinitiv, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Gas flows to U.S. LNG export plants were set to reach a preliminary 14 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) on March 3, up from 13.4 bcfd on March 2 and the previous daily record of 13.8 bcfd in March 2022 before Freeport LNG shut in a fire in June 2022.

When operating at full power, Freeport LNG’s three trains can turn about 2.1 bcfd of gas into LNG for export.

The total amount of gas flowing to the seven big US LNG export plants, including Freeport LNG, jumped to 12.8 bcfd in February from 12.3 bcfd in January. That is just shy of the 12.9-bcfd monthly record set in March 2022.

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