SYDNEY, March 29 (Reuters) - 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 ( CVX ) and Woodside has

exacerbated a global 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.

Woodside Australia said on Sunday there was no update to the

situation. Narelle was still interrupting production on Saturday

at the company's Karratha gas plant, the onshore processing

facility for the North West Shelf project, while production was

unaffected at its Macedon and Pluto facilities.

Chevron ( CVX ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment

on Sunday. On Saturday, it said it was working to restore

production at its Gorgon and Wheatstone gas facilities following

production outages due to Narelle.

Gorgon is Australia's largest LNG export facility, producing

15.6 million metric tons a year with three processing trains,

while Wheatstone has two trains producing 8.9 million tons.

Power remained cut late on Saturday in Exmouth, a town of

2,800 people some 1,100 km (700 miles) north of West Australia's

state capital Perth, the Department of Fire and Emergency

Services said.

State-owned Horizon Power said extra crews were on their way

to Exmouth "to support local crews to restore power to affected

properties as soon as it is safe to do so".

Exmouth, a gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage-listed

Ningaloo Reef, suffered significant damage in the cyclone but no

one was injured, the Australian Broadcasting Corp reported.

Narelle made landfall as a severe tropical cyclone in

Queensland state on March 20 and crossed the Northern Territory

before hitting Western Australia.