Freeport LNG has confirmed that its engineering, procurement and construction contractor has pushed back the expected commercial start date for the export terminal’s first train to September 1, 2019, a roughly nine-month delay from a previously released target of fourth-quarter 2018. The delay stems from flooding following Hurricane Harvey of lay-yards where equipment, including steel piping, was stored, and the resulting need to clean and test that equipment, Freeport LNG spokesman Zdenek Gerych said Wednesday in an interview with S&P Global Platts. Under the revised schedule the contractor presented, Gerych said Train 2 is targeted to enter commercial service January 1, 2020, and Train 3 on May 1, 2020. He credited the contractor with creative scheduling to shave time off the expected six-month interval between each of the subsequent two trains. “If you look at the time when you have all three trains up and running, it will be […]