NextDecade chief executive Kathleen Eisbrenner told Upstream of her company's plans to go public during an interview on May 28.

"I'm very excited about that, because I've never taken a company public before,” Eisbrenner said.

The company has recently been working to close $85 million in financing for its Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas. The funds will be used to complete the work needed to take it through to a potential final investment decision (FID) for the first phase of the project.

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