Cheniere Energy Inc. exported a record number of liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes during the first quarter despite the impacts of Winter Storm Uri, which shut down the Corpus Christi LNG plant in South Texas for several days.

The company said in its first quarter earnings report it shipped 133 cargoes during the period, compared with 128 in 1Q2020. The cargoes totaled 480 TBtu, up from 453 TBtu. 

The bump partially came from what Cheniere management called “robust” commissioning cargoes from the third train at Corpus, which came online in March. The company reported 28 TBtu in commissiong volumes in the first quarter.

During the quarterly earnings call, CEO Jack Fusco said Cheniere was able to conduct some maintenance at the Corpus facility during the winter storm,...