Top U.S. gas exporter, Freeport LNG, is expected to further extend the seven-month-long outage of its liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Texas to February, as it awaits regulatory ...

A Freeport officer rescues a kitten from a storm drain, earning praise and a new rank as “Corpurrrral” from the department.

A Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew rescues three boaters aboard an oil rig after their vessel began sinking near Freeport, Texas on May 21, 2023.

Energy How Texas Is Rescuing Europe From the Russians An energy crisis on the Continent has it desperate for help from the Permian natural gas it had earlier spurned.

Reuters FILE PHOTO: Storage tanks and gas-chilling units are seen at Freeport LNG, the second largest exporter of U.S. liquified natural gas, near Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2023.

Liquified natural gas vessel Kmarin Diamond, the LNG tanker in eight months to arrive at Freeport LNG fire-idled export plant, is seen at the facility in Freeport, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2023.

FREEPORT, Texas — Fire crews responded to an electrical fire in a building at the Shintech’s facility in Freeport Monday morning, according to the plant manager.

While Freeport's no slouch, ranking No. 27 for foreign trade, officials see it as among those poised to benefit the most in Texas from bigger ships traversing the enlarged canal.

FREEPORT -- No one is answering the phones and the boat is gone. Southern Texas Gaming, which for three months carried gamblers offshore to avoid state gambling laws, is on a losing streak.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s office has asked the Freeport liquefied natural gas export terminal to dial back operations in keeping with the state’s disaster declaration amid a polar blast.

Freeport LNG said Friday it hopes to begin an initial restart of its liquefied natural gas export facility by next month, but full production may not be achieved until March 2023.

While Freeport's no slouch, ranking No. 27 for foreign trade, officials see it as among those poised to benefit the most in Texas from bigger ships traversing the enlarged canal.