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Fire at Key US Gas Export Terminal Hurts Fuel-Starved Europe
Freeport LNG issues force majeure to buyers for rest of June
An explosion at a Texas liquefied natural gas plant will cut exports for
weeks, briefly lowering prices for the fuel in the US while boosting them in
Europe.
The Freeport LNG export facility will remain closed for at least three weeks
after a fire on Wednesday, a company spokesperson said. It issued a force
majeure to buyers with shipments scheduled till at least June 30, according
to traders with knowledge of the matter. Almost one-fifth of all overseas
shipments of gas from the US went via the terminal last month.
The US sent nearly three-quarters of its LNG to Europe in the first four
months of the year, with the region now getting almost half of its LNG
supplies from across the Atlantic. Some European countries have been
attempting to wean themselves off Russian gas due to the invasion of Ukraine
, but remain dependent on it in the short term.
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The outage will reduce supplies available to Europe and Asia while routing
more shale gas into US storage caverns. US gas futures fell as much as 7.9%
early Thursday before reversing losses. July futures settled 3% higher to $8
.963 per million British thermal units amid renewed concerns about tight
domestic inventories as a heatwave across the southern states ramps up power
demand. Dutch futures rose 6% to the equivalent of $26.43 per million Btu. | m*******r
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