Operator El Paso filed for reactivation of the plant, which received its last cargo in 1979 before being mothballed in 1982, and had it operational just in time to help out with the chaos that followed the 11 September 2001 terror attacks.
On the heels of the attack, the US Coast Guard closed access to the Distrigas (Suez) LNG terminal in Boston Harbour, which has been the most consistent and largest liquefied gas importer in the US.
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