NextDecade has made a positive final investment decision (FID) for Train 5 at the Rio Grande LNG project (NextDecade's press release, 16/10/2025), near Brownsville, Texas (United States). Train 5 is expected to have an LNG production capacity of approximately 6 Mt/year, bringing the total LNG production capacity under construction at Rio Grande LNG to around 30 Mt/year.
NextDecade is currently building Phase 1 of the Rio Grande project, which comprises three trains with a combined capacity of 17.6 Mt/year. The first phase is scheduled to begin operations in 2027. Train 5 is commercially supported by 4.5 Mt/year of 20-year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements (SPAs) with JERA, EQT Corporation, and ConocoPhillips. The completion date and the date of first commercial delivery under these SPAs are expected in the first half of 2031.
The FID on Train 5 is “NextDecade’s second FID in just over a month”, highlighted NextDecade’s CEO. Indeed, in September 2025, NextDecade announced a positive FID for its fourth liquefaction train in the same Texas project, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2030 (KEI 11/09/2025). A second phase (Trains 6 to 8, 18 Mt/year) is in development and starting the permitting process.
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