Cheniere Energy Inc. has made a positive final investment decision (FID) to proceed with development of the 3-million tonne/year Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) Midscale 8-9 expansion and has issued full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy Inc. for construction.
The project is being built adjacent to Cheniere’s Corpus Christi 3 Project (CCL Stage 3) in San Patricio and Nueces Counties, Tex., along the La Quinta ship channel. The project will include two 1.5-million tpy liquefaction trains and other debottlenecking infrastructure.
Upon completion of CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9, and together with expected debottlenecking and CCL Stage 3, the Corpus Christi LNG terminal is expected to reach over 30 million tpy in total liquefaction capacity later this decade.
The company has updated its run-rate LNG production outlook, which reflects an increase in the combined liquefaction capacity across the Cheniere platform at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi by over 10% to over 60 million tpy inclusive of CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9, CCL Stage 3, and identified debottlenecking opportunities across the platform, the company said.
In addition, Cheniere is developing further brownfield liquefaction capacity expansions at both the Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass terminals. The company expects these expansions to be executed in a phased approach, starting with initial single-train expansions at each site which, if completed, would grow Cheniere’s LNG platform to up to about 75 million tpy of capacity by the early 2030s.
