UPDATE 1-Cheniere Texas Corpus LNG midscale trains to take in more gas on Thursday
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By Scott DiSavino
NEW YORK, June 11 (Reuters) - U.S. liquefied natural gas company Cheniere Energy's LNG.N liquefaction midscale trains 1-6 at the Corpus Christi LNG export plant's Stage 3 expansion in Texas were on track to take in more natural gas on Thursday after shutting down on Wednesday, data from financial firm LSEG showed.
Cheniere said in a report to Texas environmental regulators that it shut the Stage 3 Midscale Trains 1-6 on Wednesday morning after the facility experienced an upset due to high LNG rundown pressure.
Officials at Cheniere were not immediately available for comment on Thursday.
LSEG said the amount of gas flowing to Corpus was on track to rise to 2.61 billion cubic feet per day on Thursday, up from 2.14 bcfd on Wednesday and a prior seven-day average of 1.81 bcfd.
If correct, the 2.61 bcfd of feedgas on Thursday would be the highest since flows to the plant hit a record 2.64 bcfd on January 31, according to LSEG data.
Feedgas to the plant has been reduced since the start of June due in part to spring maintenance, energy analysts and traders said.
When all units at Corpus are operating, the plant can turn about 3.5 bcfd of gas into LNG.
The plant has three 0.8-bcfd trains 1-3 operating and seven 0.2-bcfd midscale trains operating and under construction.
