Cheniere Energy plans to make a financial investment decision (FID) on a 10 Mt/year expansion project at its Corpus Christi liquefaction and export terminal project in Texas (United States) in 2022. The "Stage 3" project will include 7 smaller LNG trains of more than 1.4 Mt/year each (total capacity of more than 9.5 Mt/year). Cheniere Energy had initially planned to develop two large 4.5 Mt/year liquefaction trains but in 2017 it decided to change the design of the expansion project, replacing the two large trains with seven mid-scale trains. The Federal Energy Commission (FERC) approved the Stage 3 project in November 2019 and it could start commissioning in 2024 at the earliest.
In March 2021, the FERC also approved Cheniere Energy’s request to place the third train of its 13.5 Mt/year Corpus Christi liquefaction and export terminal project in Texas (United States) into commercial operation. The first 4.5 Mt/year LNG train started production in November 2018, the second train in June 2019, and the third train is expected in the second half of 2021. The US$15bn project also includes three 160,000 m3 storage tanks.
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