Regulator approved Cheniere Texas LNG plant expansion, says exec

HOUSTON (Reuters) – US regulators have approved the expansion of Cheniere’s Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Texas, a Cheniere executive said on Tuesday.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Committee approved the construction of production trains 8 and 9 at the plant, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer Anatol Feygin said at an industry conference in Houston.

(Reporting by Curtis Williams; Editing by Simon Webb)