Today, Cheniere announced initiation of the permitting process for an expansion at the Sabine Pass Liquefaction facility due to the continued demand for reliable, secure and cleaner-burning natural gas. This expansion will be located adjacent to the current operations in Cameron Parish and will add approximately 20 million tonnes per year of additional LNG capacity, which is about a 40% increase in capacity at Sabine Pass.

Project highlights from the announcement include:

1. three large-scale liquefaction trains;
2. a boil-off-gas (“BOG”) re-liquefaction unit;
3. two LNG storage tanks;
4. and accommodations to recover waste heat; and for carbon capture from the acid gas removal units.

The development of the SPL Expansion Project, and any necessary supporting infrastructure, is subject to receiving all of the required regulatory approvals and permits, and sufficient commercial and financing arrangements before a final investment decision (“FID”) can be reached.

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