Cheniere eyeing yet another expansion of its Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish

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Houston-based Cheniere Energy is laying the groundwork for another expansion at its Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish that will push its annual liquefied natural gas export capacity to more than 54 million metric tons annually.

Cheniere said Thursday it has begun the prefiling process with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build three new liquefaction trains at Sabine Pass LNG. Liquefaction trains are the vessels that supercool natural gas into a liquid so it can be shipped.

The expansion will also include a new re-liquefaction unit and two LNG storage tanks. Cheniere has hired Bechtel Energy to complete a front-end engineering and design, or FEED, study for the project.

Assuming all goes well with the regulatory approval process, company officials hope construction will start by late 2025 with full operations in 2032, according to FERC filings. Cheniere has not made a final investment decision on the expansion, and a company spokesman said cost estimates are not firm because the project is still in development.

The expansion would continue an upward trajectory for Sabine Pass LNG, which first began operations in 2016 and opened its sixth liquefaction train in early 2022. The facility has also completed construction of its third boat dock last year.

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