Chevron Resumes Full Production at Wheatstone LNG After Repairs for Cyclone Damage

(Reuters) – U.S. energy company Chevron ​said on Thursday that production ‌had fully resumed at its Wheatstone liquefied natural gas plant in ​Western Australia following repairs ​for damage caused by a ⁠cyclone last month.

• Tropical Cyclone ​Narelle struck the 8.9 million-ton-a-year facility ​in late March, leaving both LNG processing trains offline.
• “Extreme winds associated ​with the cyclone damaged several ​hundred air-cooled heat exchangers, known as ‌fin ⁠fans, making the repair programme a significant undertaking,” Danny Woodall, Chevron’s director of operations and ​maintenance ​for Australia, ⁠said in a statement.
• “We were able to ​restart domestic gas production ​for ⁠Western Australian customers in around a week after the cyclone, ⁠with ​LNG returning progressively.”

Reporting ​by Christine Chen in Sydney; Editing by ​Muralikumar Anantharaman and Subhranshu Sahu

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