HOUSTON, March 25 (Reuters) - Cheniere CEO Jack Fusco

said Wednesday that the LNG producer has been operating at

maximum capacity for the past five years. The company is doing

whatever it can to help customers affected by the ongoing

conflict in the Middle East and is looking at maintenance

schedules, he said at the CERAWeek conference in Houston, adding

that he's seeing demand conservation measures in parts of Asia.

Fusco is hopeful the company can start commercial operations

at its Train 5 expansion by Friday and get cargoes to Asia.

Europe remains the company's market of choice, while growth will

come from Asia, he said.

(Reporting by Curtis Williams; Editing by Nathan Crooks in

Houston)