Natural Gas Starts, Then Stops Flowing to Freeport LNG Plant

Tuesday of last week, Freeport LNG, which has been out of operation since an explosion and fire in June 2022, asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for permission to begin re-introducing feedgas back into one of three liquefaction “trains” (units) at the facility. A day later, FERC agreed, and small amounts of gas began to flow (see FERC Approves Freeport LNG Request to Reintro Feedgas to 1st Train). Last Wednesday (a day later), Freeport said it was ready to begin loading ships with the LNG it’s producing and asked FERC for permission to do so (see Freeport Asks FERC for Permission to Load LNG onto Waiting Ships). So far (now a week later), FERC has not responded and has not granted permission to load the ships. As of yesterday, Reuters is reporting gas flows to Freeport have stopped.

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