Cheniere to fix Louisiana LNG plant


Big player: An LNG tanker is guided by tug boats at the Cheniere Sabine Pass export unit in Louisiana. The company is the top US supplier of LNG to Europe. — Reuters

NEW YORK: Top US liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Cheniere Energy Inc says it will repair and replace equipment at its Louisiana terminal after tests showed it exceeded newly-imposed hazardous emissions limits on certain known carcinogens, but the work will have no material impact on operations.

A round of testing showed at least one of Cheniere’s turbines at its LNG export terminal in Louisiana failed the new standards, while the turbines in Texas at the company’s only other US LNG facility were meeting the rules, according to documents obtained from state regulators through a series of information requests and reviewed by Reuters.

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