Freeport LNG—also known as Freeport LNG Development, L.P.[1]—is a U.S. exporter of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) located in Freeport, Texas by supercooling fracked gas and loading it onto seafaring tankers. Freeport LNG was an early entrant to the then emerging U.S. LNG market in the early 2000s, initially as a gas importer, and then developed an LNG export terminal in the early 2010s after the US shale gas revolution. LNG import operations came online in 2008, while export operations began in 2019.
In June 22, a pipeline rupture leaking combustible methane caused a fire and an explosion and forced Freeport LNG terminal offline. As of January 2023[update] restart of the terminal was not expected prior to February 2023.[2]
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