The company currently produces about 46 mtpa at its LNG export facilities, with up to 13 mtpa under construction.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass facility in Louisiana, the largest LNG export plant in the US, currently has a capacity of about 30 mtpa following the launch of the sixth train in February 2022.
The company plans to add 20 mtpa to the plant with the proposed Sabine Pass Stage 5 expansion project.
Moreover, Cheniere just announced a postive final investment decision to build two more midscale trains at its 15 mtpa Corpus Christi LNG plant in Texas.
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.
Besides these CCL expansions, Cheniere also plans the CCL Stage IV expansion project, according to a presentation posted by the company on Tuesday following FID.
This expansion would add an additional 20 mtpa of capacity to the Corpus Christi facility, including debottlenecking.
Cheniere did not provide further information regarding this new project.
The company expects these expansions to be executed in a phased approach, starting with initial single-train expansions at each site which, if completed, would grow Cheniere’s LNG platform to up to approximately 75 mtpa of capacity by the early 2030s.
In the longer term, Cheniere said there is potential to expand its platform to approximately up to 100 mtpa.
This includes the CCL Stage IV expansion project.
