US energy group Sempra Energy has started to feed gas into the first liquefaction train of Phase 1 of its Cameron LNG export project in Hackberry, Lousiana (United States). The construction activities have been completed and the commissioning process began in November 2018. The company is now reaching the final commissioning steps.
The US$10bn Phase 1 of the Cameron LNG export project will include three trains of 4 Mt/year each (12 Mt/year). All three trains are set to be operational in 2019. The Phase 2 has been authorized by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and will include to two additional liquefaction trains (trains 4 and 5) and up to two additional LNG storage tanks.
The project is operated by Cameron LNG, a company jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG, Total, Mitsui along with Japan LNG Investment company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK). Sempra Energy indirectly owns 50.2% of Cameron LNG.