Freeport LNG has shipped the first cargo from its LNG export plant in Texas since the shutdown on July 7 due to Hurricane Beryl, according to shipping data.
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The 2024-built 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Axios II, owned by Capital Product Partners, loaded the cargo at the Freeport LNG terminal and left the facility during the weekend, according to its AIS data provided by VesselsValue.
The final destination of the LNG carrier is not known.
Prior to this shipment, Axios II delivered Sabine Pass and Calcasieu Pass LNG cargoes to the Netherlands and Germany, the data shows.
Besides this LNG carrier, the 2020-built 180,000-cbm, GasLog Wales, owned by GasLog and chartered by Jera, has arrived at the Freeport LNG terminal on Sunday, its AIS data shows.
Freeport LNG, the operator of the three-train 15 mtpa liquefaction plant in Texas, told LNG Prime on July 15 that it expects to restart the first train last week after the terminal’s fin fan air coolers were damaged during Hurricane Beryl.
The LNG terminal operator ramped down production at its liquefaction end export facility on Sunday, July 7, ahead of Hurricane Beryl making landfall.
A Freeport LNG spokeswoman said that the company plans to restart the remaining two trains “shortly thereafter”.
Moreover, the spokeswoman said production levels after restart would be at “reduced rates for a period of time” as Freeport LNG continues repairs while operating the facility.
“Production will steadily ramp up to full rates as these repairs are completed,” she added.
Of the 15 mtpa of Freeport LNG’s export capacity, 13.4 mtpa has been sold to Osaka Gas, Jera, BP, TotalEnergies, and SK E&S.