Freeport LNG yet to submit Texas plant restart request to regulator -source
2022.11.21 17:59
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(Reuters) -Freeport LNG has not yet submitted a request to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to restart a Texas plant, a source familiar with the company’s filings said on Monday.
Freeport LNG on Friday said it was targeting a mid-December restart for its Texas export plant, which has been shut for six months after a fire, pending regulatory approval.
“Proposed remedial work activities for a safe restart of initial operations have been submitted to the relevant regulatory agencies for review and approval,” Freeport said in the release.
Operations at the second-largest LNG export facility in the United States will not commence until the plans are approved by the PHMSA.
Federal pipeline safety regulators last week released a heavily redacted consultant’s report that blamed inadequate operating and testing procedures, human error and fatigue for the June 8 explosion.
