U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Freeport LNG sought permission from federal energy regulators to take more steps to return its export plant in Texas to full commercial operation. Federal approval would allow the plant, which shut for about eight months from June 2022 to February 2023 after a fire, to supply more LNG to global markets ahead of the winter heating season when demand for natural gas soars in the northern hemisphere. In a filing made available late Monday, Freeport asked the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to authorize the steps needed to return the plants second dock (Dock 2) to ... (full story)