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Cheniere seeks permit for Corpus

Christi LNG plant expansion

TEXAS CHENIERE Energy has filed an application with capacity of 220,000 cubic metres of LNG. The
US regulators for another expansion of its Cor- expansion would accommodate a higher load-
pus Christi LNG export plant in Texas. ing rate for LNG than Corpus Christi currently
The company has the commercial backing for allows for.
this latest expansion, it said in a filing with the US Cheniere told the FERC that it would com-
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) pete the new facilities in Corpus Christi by 2031
on March 30. because of “the potential for phasing, schedule Cheniere told
Its commercialisation is “substantially com- changes or other unforeseen disruptions”. But
plete … with a majority of LNG export volumes if constructed “under optimal conditions, the the FERC that it
from the project facilities committed via long- construction duration is anticipated to be four
term LNG sales contracts,” said Cheniere . years”, said Cheniere. would compete
The export plant currently consists of three
Cheniere asked the FERC to approve the plan
by September 27, 2024, saying it wanted to start liquefaction trains each with a capacity of around the new facilities
construction on the two midscale liquefaction 5mn tpy. in Corpus Christi
trains soon afterwards. Expansion of facility is already underway . In
US LNG exports are rising as global supply June, Cheniere made a final investment decision by 2031.
remains tight following the disruption of Rus- (FID) on the midscale Stage 3 expansion. Con-
sian gas flows as a result of the war in Ukraine. struction started in October, and the expansion
LNG trade is also on the rise globally, with grow- is expected online by the end of 2025.
ing appetite in Europe and Asia. That expansion could ultimately add seven
Cheniere is the US’ largest exporter of LNG. midscale trains with a liquefaction capacity of
The company’s two new trains would add around 1.49mn tpy each, with a total production
3.28mn tonnes per year (tpy), or 3.28bn cubic capacity of more than 10mn tpy.
metres, of production capacity. In August Earlier this year, Cheniere told the FERC that
Cheniere announced that it wanted to proceed it would formally apply for an expansion at its
with the expansion, the Corpus Christi Lique- Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Louisiana
faction Midscale Trains 8 & 9 project. by the end of 2023. That would equate to a 20mn
The project will also include on-site stor- tpy expansion, with three large-scale liquefac-
age of refrigerants and a storage tank with a tion trains.™

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