Cameron LNG LLC has declared force majeure at its export terminal in Louisiana because of technical problems, Reuters reported Sept. 13, citing unnamed traders.
The impact on volumes, however, was not immediately clear, a trader told the newswire. One trader told Reuters the force majeure is due to a "compressor problem." Cameron LNG sent notices to traders on the same day, according to the report.
Sempra Energy-led Cameron LNG recently began commercial operations under the facility's tolling agreements after it received federal approval in July to start commercial service at the first train. Startup of the second and third trains would bring the estimated total off-take capacity to 12 million tonnes per annum, completing the $10 billion first phase of the project.
The Cameron LNG project is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG LLC, Total SA, Mitsui & Co. Ltd. and a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corp. and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha.
