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Freeport LNG Given More Time for 4th Texas Liquefaction Train

10/14/2022

(Reuters) — U.S. energy regulators extended to August 2028 the time U.S. LNG company Freeport LNG has to complete the fourth liquefaction train at its Texas export plant. The three existing liquefaction trains at Freeport have been shut since June 8 after a pipe explosion. The company expects the plant to return to at least partial service in November. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) said in a filing on Thursday that Freeport has not yet started construction of the fourth train, Yahoo reported. Freeport said the project was delayed by the replacement of its engineering, procurement and construction contractor and the COVID-19 pandemic, including the pandemic’s effec