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Jan 31 (Reuters) - Freeport LNG asked federal regulators for approval to add natural gas to one of its three idled units, a milestone in efforts to restore production after a seven-month outage at the second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas exporter, according to a federal filing.
The Texas gas processing plant shut after a fiery blast last June, cutting supplies as global LNG demand soared over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Federal officials barred the 15 million tonne-per-year producer from resuming production until they could complete an extensive safety evaluation and upgrade.