U.S. LNG export demand fell by about 5 Bcf/d heading into the holiday weekend as a brutal winter storm settled in over much of the country and impacted terminal operations.

The storm brought high winds, rain, snow and freezing temperatures that cut into natural gas supply, slowed deliveries on interstate pipeline systems and halted vessel traffic along the Gulf Coast. 

NGI’s U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Export Tracker showed feed gas volumes dipped from a high of 13.81 Bcf/d early last week to just 9.29 Bcf on Friday. Vessel traffic stopped Friday on waterways serving the Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass LNG terminals in Texas and Louisiana.

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