Federal regulators on Tuesday gave Venture Global LNG permission to introduce natural gas into the seventh block of its Plaquemines plant in Louisiana as the company continues to ramp up production of the superchilled gas. The Arlington, Virginia-based company is the second-largest U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter and has been quickly increasing production from its second LNG plant, Plaquemines. On Tuesday the facility was on track to pull 1.1 billion cubic feet (bcf) of gas, down from a high of 1.3 bcf last Wednesday, and just short of its Calcasieu Pass plant’s 1.5 bcfd nameplate capacity, according to data from financial firm LSEG.