据世界天然气网站8月26日消息 在飓风劳拉逼近美国墨西哥湾沿岸之际，切尼尔已暂停其位于路易斯安那州的Sabine Pass液化厂的运营。
2500万吨/年的设施目前有5条运行生产线，并正在增加一个额外的装置，将总产量提高到580批液化天然气货物。
切尼尔周二在一份声明中表示：“在与我们的气象、安全、运营和安保团队磋商后，切尼埃管理层决定启动紧急计划、疏散人员，并因飓风逼近而暂时暂停Sabine Pass的作业。”
飓风劳拉在墨西哥湾的强度正在增强，可能成为3级飓风。
这意味着最大持续风速为每小时115英里（每小时185公里）。
美国国家飓风中心预计，劳拉将于周三晚上进入路易斯安那州和德克萨斯州海岸。
美国国家飓风中心表示：“从德克萨斯州的圣路易斯山口到密西西比河口，包括阿瑟港飓风防洪系统内的地区存在威胁生命的风暴潮的危险，巨浪和危险的海浪可能造成灾难性的破坏。”
从路易斯安那州西南部和德克萨斯州东南部的海岸线到内陆，海浪可能达到30英里。
除了切尼尔的Sabine Pass终端外，受影响地区还有另外两个液化天然气出口工厂。
据路透社报道，桑普拉的卡梅伦液化天然气公司表示，计划降低产能的方式运营路易斯安那州的工厂。
该液化天然气运营商将只保留一个“基本运营人员的安全团队”。
自由港液化天然气公司不打算关闭其在德克萨斯州的工厂，称如有必要将进行调整。
王磊 摘译自 世界天然气
原文如下：
Cheniere closes Sabine Pass LNG due to Hurricane Laura
Cheniere has suspended operations at its Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana as Hurricane Laura approaches the US Gulf Coast.
The 25 mpta facility has currently five operational trains and is adding an additional unit boosting the total capacity to 580 LNG cargoes per year.
“After consulting with our team of weather, safety, operations and security teams, Cheniere management has decided to activate emergency plans to evacuate personnel and temporarily suspend operations at Sabine Pass as a result of the approaching hurricane,” Cheniere said in a statement Hurricane Laura is gaining strength in the Gulf of Mexico and could become a major Category 3 storm.
This means maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour).
The US National Hurricane Center expects Laura to crash into the Louisiana and Texas coasts “There is a danger of life-threatening storm surge with large and dangerous waves producing potentially catastrophic damage from San Luis Pass, Texas, to the Mouth of the Mississippi River, including areas inside the Port Arthur Hurricane Flood Protection system,” the NHC said.
This surge could reach up to 30 miles inland from the immediate coastline in southwestern Louisiana and far southeastern Texas.
The affected area hosts two other LNG export plants besides Cheniere’s Sabine Pass terminal.
Sempra’s Cameron LNG said it plans to operate its Louisiana plant at “a reduced rate”, according to a Reuters report.
The LNG operator will Freeport LNG does not plan to shut to its plant in Texas, saying that adjustments would be made if necessary.