Australia LNG disruptions continue after Narelle, thousands without power

Australia's liquefied natural gas production remained disrupted and thousands were without power in the remote northwest on Sunday, more than a week after the Narelle storm system hit the country.



The impact of Narelle, downgraded from a tropical cyclone on Saturday, on LNG plants run by Chevron and Woodside has exacerbated a global LNG supply crunch caused by the month-old Iran war.



Australia became the world's second-largest LNG exporter when Qatar halted production following damage from Iranian strikes.



Narelle made landfall as a severe tropical cyclone in Queensland state on March 20 and crossed the Northern Territory before hitting Western Australia. The storm made landfall at the Western Australian town of Exmouth on March 27, also impacting the town of Karratha.



Woodside Australia said on Sunday that Narelle was still interrupting production at the company's Karratha gas plant, the onshore processing facility for the North West Shelf project.