TotalEnergies SE said Friday that its LNG sales decreased in the first quarter mainly due to lower demand in Europe and an unplanned outage at the Freeport export terminal on the upper Texas coast. 

The company has 2.2 million tons (Mt) of annual tolling capacity at Freeport’s Train 3, which was offline most of the first quarter to repair damage caused by freezing temperatures in January. The other two  trains are currently undergoing similar work and Freeport has reported ongoing problems with Train 3. 

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TotalEnergies said its liquefied natural gas sales were 10.7 Mt in the first quarter, down 3% from the year-ago period and down 9% from...