The United States Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has allowed Sempra Energy to start the commissioning process for the second train of its Cameron LNG project in Hackberry, Louisiana (United States).
The US$10bn Phase 1 of the Cameron LNG export project will include three trains of 4.5 Mt/year each (total of 13.5 Mt/year), with trains 2 and 3 set to be operational in the first quarter of 2020 and in mid-2020, respectively. The Phase 2 has been authorized by the FERC and will include two additional liquefaction trains (trains 4 and 5, rated 4.5 Mt/year each) and up to two additional LNG storage tanks.
The project is operated by Cameron LNG, a company jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG (50.2%), Total (16.6%), Mitsui (16.6%) along with Japan LNG Investment company (16.6%), jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK).
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