U.S. LNG Exports Bouncing Back as Weather Finally Shifts Along Gulf Coast

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports were slowly recovering Friday, but the impacts of brutal cold along the Gulf Coast that nearly halted shipments altogether were lingering. 

Eighteen empty LNG vessels were floating in the Gulf of Mexico Friday, up from 12 on Thursday, Kpler economist Reid I’Anson told NGI. Another two tankers were diverted away from Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Corpus Christi LNG (CCL) terminal in South Texas to its Sabine Pass LNG plant in Louisiana. Both CCL and Cameron LNG in Louisiana remained offline Friday. Freeport LNG on Quintana Island, TX, was still operating at partial capacity. 

However, following disruptions at Gulf Coast ports caused by the unusual winter weather conditions, The Maran Gas Troy left Freeport LNG and the Gaslog Galveston...