Cheniere makes FID on Sabine Pass LNG's 6^th train (US)

US energy group Cheniere Energy has made a positive final investment decision (FID) on the sixth train of the Sabine Pass II liquefaction and export terminal project (referred to as Sabine Pass II-6) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (United States). The group has issued a full notice to proceed to Bechtel, which will build the 4.5 Mt/year train and a third LNG berth by 2023. The sixth train will raise the total capacity of the Sabine Pass LNG project to 27 Mt/year (six 4.5 Mt/year LNG trains), even if Cheniere Energy has decided to raise its run-rate production guidance to 4.7-5 Mt/year per train, up from 4.4-4.9 Mt/year per train. The first two trains were commissioned in 2016 and two other followed in 2017. The fifth train was fully commissioned in March 2019. 

Cheniere Energy is moving forward quickly with its LNG export projects and commissioned the first train of the US$15bn Corpus Christi greenfield LNG export project in March 2019. The first phase of Corpus Christi LNG includes three 4.5 Mt/year liquefaction trains, with the second train expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2019. The third train is also under construction and is expected to be commissioned in 2021. The second phase of the project will include 7 smaller LNG trains of 1.4 Mt/year each (total capacity of 9.5 Mt/year) that could be brought online in 2022. Cheniere Energy will make a final investment decision on this phase in 2020.