The US FERC said on Friday it granted Corpus Christi Liquefaction’s April 16 request to introduce feed gas to the warm end of Midscale Train 6 for the Stage 3 project.
In addition, Corpus Christi Liquefaction submitted compliance statements and associated documentation related to the commissioning of the train to FERC on Friday.
“The compliance statements and associated documentation are in support of a forthcoming request by CCL to introduce feed gas and refrigerants to the cold end of Midscale Train 6 (String 1),” it said.
Earlier this month, Corpus Christi Liquefaction secured approval from the US FERC to introduce fuel gas to the sixth train of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project
Cheniere achieved substantial completion of the first liquefaction train at the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project in March 2025, while the company completed the second liquefaction train in August, the third train in October, and the fourth train in December.
Cheniere CEO Jack Fusco recently said during an event in Houston that the company is working with Bechtel to “safely and efficiently expedite the completion of the project’s two remaining midscale trains later this year.”
The new milestone followed the installation of “first steel” earlier last month at the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project, a second expansion under construction at Corpus Christi.
The Midscale 8 & 9 Project and estimated debottlenecking opportunities stand to add another approximately 5 mtpa of capacity by late 2028.
That would put CCL at over 30 mtpa and Cheniere as a whole at over 60 mtpa.
