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Prelude Production Down While Fire Investigation Commences

LNG

Production at Shell’s Prelude facility was suspended Wednesday because of a small fire that was rapidly put out according to Shell Thursday.

  • “Production has been temporarily suspended and an investigation into the cause of the incident is underway,” Shell said.
  • The latest outage at the plant comes at the start of winter as demand for LNG from Shell’s Asian customers hits its peak.
  • There was no mention of an expected re-opening.

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