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Explosion at US natural gas plant raises risk of shortages in Europe
The Guardian ^ | 9 Jun 2022

Posted on 06/10/2022 11:51:20 AM PDT by Mount Athos

Freeport LNG, operator of one of the largest US export plants producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), will shut for at least three weeks after an explosion at its Texas Gulf coast facility, raising the risk of gas shortages in Europe.

The plant, which provides about 20% of US LNG processing, announced the shutdown late on Wednesday after appraising damage to the massive facility.

On Thursday, European gas prices rose by up to a fifth as traders feared lost US shipments would stress a market already struggling with reduced Russian supplies.

If Europe wants to keep importing LNG at the same level, replacement cargoes will need to be pulled in, probably from other Atlantic Basin projects, according to Edmund Siau, LNG analyst at consultancy FGE.

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1 posted on 06/10/2022 11:51:20 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Unexpectedly.


2 posted on 06/10/2022 11:55:59 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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To: Mount Athos

Well on the flip side . . .

NATURAL GAS (HENRY HUB)Commodity
8.83-0.17-1.89%
02:36:00 PMMI Indication


3 posted on 06/10/2022 11:57:08 AM PDT by RushingWater (Thank God for no more mean tweets, it's worth 20% inflation. )
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To: Mount Athos

Sabotage no doubt..


4 posted on 06/10/2022 11:57:15 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Mount Athos

They’re bringing the world to it’s knees so they can hand it over to Klaus Schwab and his Nazi Cult


5 posted on 06/10/2022 11:57:58 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: dpetty121263

Probably an inside job.


6 posted on 06/10/2022 11:58:01 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Mount Athos

Screw Europe.

How about US?


7 posted on 06/10/2022 11:58:49 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Mount Athos

IMO, ALL coordinated through our illustrious, diaper President’s cabal. His November disaster is coming and they’re pulling out all the stops.


8 posted on 06/10/2022 11:59:20 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: WMarshal

Just like all those food processing businesses…


9 posted on 06/10/2022 12:01:56 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: WMarshal

“Explosion”


10 posted on 06/10/2022 12:05:05 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What you said


11 posted on 06/10/2022 12:06:38 PM PDT by mrmeyer (You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him. Robert Heinlein)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

“Screw Europe.

How about US?”

The United States has a HUGE surplus of natural gas. It is a waste product from fracking that is mostly “flared” off (Burned at the well site) because we have more than we can possibly use. Companies are busy building power plants where the gas comes up because it is effectively free. The US and Saudi Arabia are the only places where this is the case.

It costs money to freeze the gas so it can be piped or stored. Thus, by the time it gets to Europe it costs a fair amount. But much of that is profit that comes back here and feeds into the American economy.


12 posted on 06/10/2022 12:08:25 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: EEGator

Yes, it does make you think huh.


13 posted on 06/10/2022 12:11:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: DoughtyOne

It’s a little too convenient.


14 posted on 06/10/2022 12:13:46 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: subterfuge

Soros money buys lots of friends...


15 posted on 06/10/2022 12:17:06 PM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: Mount Athos

The whole fricking world better pull their heads out of their collective rears and re-evaluate the shutting down their nuclear reactors.


16 posted on 06/10/2022 12:17:13 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: EEGator

Well over 30 now...


17 posted on 06/10/2022 12:18:51 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: carriage_hill

There are no coincidences.


18 posted on 06/10/2022 12:22:18 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Mount Athos

Well...


19 posted on 06/10/2022 12:23:56 PM PDT by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: EEGator

Yes, I agree.


20 posted on 06/10/2022 12:33:00 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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