According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), the total gas liquefaction capacity in the United States has increased up to 2.8 bcf/d (around 29 bcm/year) after the commissioning of the fourth liquefaction train at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana. With this new capacity, the US LNG exports have averaged 1.9 bcf/d (54 mcm/d, nearly 20 bcm/year) in 2017 while the US LNG facilities have reached an average utilization rate of 80% throughout the whole year.
The Sabine Pass and Cove Point liquefaction terminals have been commissioned in 2017 and a new 5.25 Mt/year train should be commissioned at the Cove Point LNG plant by the end of the year. Four other facilities are expected in 2018-2019, namely the Elba Island LNG, Freeport LNG, Corpus Christi LNG and Cameron LNG projects. Once these projects are commissioned by the end of 2019, they are expected to increase total US liquefaction capacity to 9.6 bcf/d (99 bcm/year).
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