According to a filing with the US FERC dated August 15, Cheniere’s unit Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) sent compliance statements and associated documentation to the regulator.
“The compliance statements and associated documentation are in support of a forthcoming request by CCL to introduce fuel gas and hot oil to midscale Train 3,” CCL said.
Cheniere said in its second-quarter results that it still expects substantial completion of Train 3 and first LNG from Train 4 before the year-end of 2025.
The company achieved substantial completion of the second liquefaction train at the Corpus Christi Stage 3 project on August 6.
This follows the substantial completion of the first liquefaction train in March this year, ahead of schedule.
Cheniere made the final investment decision on the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project, worth about $8 billion, in June 2022.
Moreover, Bechtel officially started construction on the project in October of the same year.
The project includes building seven midscale trains, each with an expected liquefaction capacity of about 1.49 mtpa.
According to Cheniere, the project was 86.7 percent completed as of the end of June.
This project adds to three operational Corpus Christi trains, each with a capacity of about 5 mtpa.
Further expansion
Cheniere also made a positive final investment decision to build two more midscale trains at its Corpus Christi LNG plant in June.
The CCL midscale trains 8 and 9 project is being built adjacent to the Corpus Christi Stage 3 project and consists of two midscale trains with an expected total liquefaction capacity of over mtpa of LNG and other debottlenecking infrastructure.
Upon completion of the project, and together with expected debottlenecking and CCL Stage 3, the Corpus Christi LNG terminal is expected to reach over 30 mtpa in total liquefaction capacity later this decade, according to Cheniere.
In addition, Cheniere received approval from the US FERC to initiate the environmental pre-filing review for its Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 4 project.
The trains will have a peak production capacity of approximately 24 mtpa of LNG.
