The Department of Energy decided to allow the Freeport LNG Terminal on Quintana Island, Texas to export natural gas to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States.  The decision allows for a rate of up to 1.4 billion cubic feet a day to be exported from the facility.  The Freeport LNG terminal had previously been approved to export LNG to free trade agreement countries.  The decision is the second of its kind to win approval from the DOE, as the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana was approved for LNG export in 2011.