The United States Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has approved the expansion of the Cameron LNG plant for a fourth liquefaction train with a capacity of 6.75 Mt/year. Construction of the new unit could begin in 2023. This new expansion plan replaces another expansion plan consisting in two trains which would each have a capacity of approximately 5 Mt/year.
The Cameron LNG liquefaction-export project, located in Hackberry (US state of Louisiana), already includes three liquefaction trains with an export capacity of 12 Mt/year of LNG. Commercial operations for train 1 began in August 2019, for train 2 in March 2020, and for train 3 in August 2020. Cameron LNG is owned by a joint venture including Sempra Infrastructure, TotalEnergies, Mitsui and Japan LNG Investment Company. When fully completed in 2027, Cameron LNG is expected to have a total capacity of 21.7 Mt/year.
The Cameron LNG project is part of an ongoing build-up of US LNG export capacity to address rising demand for the fuel in Europe and Asia.
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