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Cheniere Restores Sabine Pass Work With Minor Loss From Storm

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Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG - Free Report) recently announced that Hurricane Laura, which made landfall last week, did not inflict any serious loss on its pipeline assets offshore Louisiana and Sabine Pass liquefaction plants. So, the company plans to restart its LNG production at the facility and also assured $1 million to local organizations, which are engaged in hurricane-relief efforts.

Cheniere Energy's EPC contractor Bechtel already resumed its Sabine Pass expansion work yesterday to construct Train 6 and the Third Berth project. Sabine Pass, which is situated nearby the Texas border, is the biggest LNG export plant in the United States.

Even though the storm affected the operations of energy companies, they took measures to combat its effects. Several operators suspended their offshore activities prior to the storm hitting the Gulf of Mexico and also evacuated personnel from their oil and gas facilities in the region. The storm struck Louisiana with 150 mile-per-hour (240 kph) winds, damaging buildings, pulling down trees and hampering electricity of more than 650,000 residences across the two US states of Louisiana and Texas. However, this hurricane wasn’t as big a disaster as it was forecast.

About the Company

Cheniere Energy is primarily engaged in businesses related to liquefied natural gas (or LNG) through its two business segments: LNG terminal, and LNG and natural gas marketing. The company through its controlling interest in Cheniere Energy Partners L.P., owns and operates the Sabine Pass LNG terminal (North America’s first large-scale liquefied gas export facility) in Louisiana.

Shares of Cheniere Energy have lost 12.8% in the past year compared with the industry’s 33.7% decline.

Zacks Rank & Key Picks

Cheniere Energy currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked players in the same space are Murphy USA Inc. (MUSA - Free Report) , CNOOC Limited (CEO - Free Report) and SilverBow Resources Inc. , each presently sporting a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

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