U.S. LNG company Cheniere Energy Inc. said it temporarily suspended operations and evacuated personnel at its Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana as Hurricane Laura churns toward the plant site.
Laura is expected to strengthen into a major Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kilometers per hour) before hitting the coast near the Texas-Louisiana border early Thursday, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center.
Sabine Pass, in Louisiana near the border with Texas, is the biggest LNG export plant in the U.S.
Source: Reuters