As the conditions for the effective date of approximately 0.9 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of the contract volume under the SPA have not been satisfied, the annual LNG contract volume will be adjusted from 1.8 mtpa to 0.9 mtpa, effective from 2026 for a 20-year term, ENN said in a stock exchange filing.
In June 2023, Cheniere’s unit Cheniere Marketing signed the 20-year sales and purchase agreement to supply approximately 1.8 mtpa of LNG to ENN LNG (Singapore) on a free-on-board basis.
This is the second long-term SPA signed between the firms following the 13-year SPA signed in October 2021 for approximately 0.9 mtpa of LNG.
Under the Henry Hub-indexed deal, deliveries will start in mid-2026, ramping to 0.9 mtpa in 2027.
The US firm said at the time that delivery of the remaining 0.9 mtpa, which is subject to, among other things, a positive final investment decision with respect to the first train of the Sabine Pass expansion project, would start upon the launch of commercial operations of Train Seven.
LNG Prime invited Cheniere to comment on the matter.
Cheniere declined to comment.
Cheniere’s Sabine Pass facility currently has a capacity of about 30 mtpa following the launch of the sixth train in February 2022.
The company aims to build three trains under the Sabine Pass expanion project in two phases.
Phase 1 of the Stage 5 project will include liquefaction Train 7 with a peak production capacity of approximately 6 mtpa, while the second phase will include Trains 8 and 9, each with a peak production capacity of approximately 6 mtpa.
According to Cheniere’s latest financial report, the company expects to receive the FERC permit for the project in late 2026, enabling FID in 2027.
Lake Charles LNG
In addition to the Cheniere SPA, ENN has confirmed the termination of the agreement with a unit of Energy Transfer.
ENN added that it will continue to pursue opportunities for long-term LNG agreements, ensuring supply chain security and stability through diversified strategies.
In March 2022, Emergy Transfer signed two long-term supply deals with ENN for volumes from the proposed Lake Charles LNG export terminal in Louisiana.
Under the two SPAs, Energy Transfer LNG Export, a unit of Energy Transfer, agreed to supply 1.8 mtpa of LNG per year to ENN Natural Gas and 0.9 million tonnes to ENN Energy on a free-on-board basis.
However, Texas-based Energy Transfer recently announced it had terminated several offtake agreements related to its suspended Lake Charles LNG export project in Louisiana.
In December 2025, Energy Transfer announced, in a surprising move, that it suspended the project and will focus on allocating capital to its “significant backlog of natural gas pipeline infrastructure projects that Energy Transfer believes provide superior risk/return profiles.”
Energy Transfer’s Lake Charles LNG project seeks to convert its existing regasification terminal to an LNG export facility.
It has a proposed liquefaction capacity of 16.45 mtpa and includes three trains.
