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LSEG data shows that Freeport LNG flows are still restricted after the power outage.

According to data provided by financial firm LSEG, the Freeport LNG export facility in Texas operated at half its normal capacity on Thursday after a power outage that had taken the plant offline a few days earlier.

Freeport LNG, the third largest liquefied gas plant in the U.S., has historically influenced LNG price when there were technical issues.

According to LSEG data on Thursday, the facility produced 1.1 billion cubic foot of natural gas, which is about half of what it typically produces when operating normally, 2.2 bcf.

The company stated that all of its trains ran on Thursday but refused to comment on the LSEG statistics.

In a Wednesday filing to the state regulator, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the company said that due to an interruption in power, all three of its train had been taken offline.

Freeport stated in its filing that the plant operators were able to quickly restore normal operation of Trains 1, 2 and 3 to reduce vent gas to flare. The event lasted approximately nine hours.

According to TCEQ, Freeport LNG experienced frequent outages. In July alone, the Texas facility reported seven trips. (Editing by David Holmes).

(source: Reuters)