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Cheniere Energy Inc.
US LNG company (NYSE: LNG, HQ Houston TX); operator of Sabine Pass LNG (Sabine Parish, Louisiana — world's largest LNG export terminal by capacity, ~30 mtpa across 6 trains) and Corpus Christi LNG (Texas, ~15 mtpa across 3 trains). Cheniere was the first company to export LNG from the US Lower 48 (February 2016, Sabine Pass Train 1). By 2023 Cheniere exported ~45 mtpa of LNG, making it the single largest LNG exporter in the world. Cheniere's business model is toll-based: it liquefies gas at a fixed fee while customers source the gas — meaning Cheniere earns revenue whether gas prices are high or low. 70% of Cheniere's LNG is sold under 20-year fixed-price contracts; the remainder is marketed on spot markets. Same company that first proved US LNG exports now controls the world's largest LNG export terminal.
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Cheniere Corpus Christi LNG Terminal (Gregory, Texas) →
USTexas · processing
Cheniere's second large-scale LNG export terminal, located in Gregory (near Corpus Christi), Texas. Three operational trains (~15 MTPA) with Corpus Christi Stage 3 (7 trains of mid-scale design, ~10+ MTPA additional) under construction. Part of Cheniere's total US LNG export capacity alongside Sabine Pass. Texas Gulf Coast location provides proximity to Permian Basin gas and Eagle Ford gas for feedgas supply.
Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG Terminal (Louisiana) →
USLouisiana · processing
Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; first U.S. LNG export cargo departed February 24, 2016. Produces up to ~30 MMtpa of LNG for export to Europe and Asia. EU share of U.S. LNG exports surged from 34% (2021) to 69% (2022) as European glass furnaces and utilities scrambled to replace Russian pipeline gas. Source: https://jpt.spe.org/a-decade-after-first-sabine-pass-cargo-us-lng-exports-hit-15-bcf-d
Corpus Christi LNG Export Terminal →
USTexas · lng_terminal
Cheniere Energy's Corpus Christi LNG facility on the La Quinta Channel, San Patricio County, Texas; 3 operating trains, ~15 mtpa. Stage 3 expansion (7 mid-scale trains, ~10 mtpa additional, FID 2022) under construction. Customers include EDP (Portugal), Endesa (Spain), Pertamina (Indonesia), Vitol. Combined Sabine Pass + Corpus Christi gives Cheniere ~45 mtpa of US LNG export capacity — more than any other nation except Qatar. Source: https://www.cheniere.com/terminals/corpus-christi/
Sabine Pass LNG Export Terminal →
USLouisiana · lng_terminal
World's largest LNG export terminal by capacity; 6 liquefaction trains totaling ~30 mtpa (4.4 Bcf/day). Located on Sabine Pass, Cameron Parish, Louisiana. First US Lower 48 LNG export February 24, 2016. Customers include Korea Gas (KOGAS), BG Group/Shell, Gas Natural Fenosa, GAIL India, TOTAL, Centrica. A single facility supplies ~20% of global LNG trade. Source: https://www.cheniere.com/terminals/sabine-pass/
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Sabine Pass LNG (Louisiana)
65%Corpus Christi LNG (Texas)
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Chokepoint2020
Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass LNG terminal (Sabine Parish, Louisiana) is the world's largest LNG export facility by installed capacity (~30 mtpa across 6 trains), surpassing Australia's entire NW Shelf complex and Qatar's individual trains. Sabine Pass alone exports more LNG than the United Kingdom consumes in gas from all sources annually. Yet Sabine Pass sits in a hurricane-vulnerable coastal zone: Hurricane Laura (Category 4, August 2020) passed ~30 miles from Sabine Pass with 150 mph winds. The terminal was not damaged, but its evacuation and shutdown cost ~5 days of exports. A direct Category 4+ hit on Sabine Pass or the adjacent Cameron Parish coast could simultaneously damage the world's largest LNG terminal and the nearby Cameron LNG terminal — removing ~45 mtpa of export capacity in a single weather event. No insurance or geopolitical threat scenario has been modeled at this scale for a single weather event affecting global LNG supply.
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) ↗Capacity2023
The United States became the world's largest LNG exporter in 2023, overtaking Australia and Qatar for the first time — driven almost entirely by Cheniere Energy's Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi terminals. By early 2024, US LNG exports averaged over 12 billion cubic feet per day. Cheniere's Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion (7 additional mid-scale trains) is under active construction, targeting first production before 2028. US LNG export capacity is projected to more than double by 2030, with approvals pending for additional projects (Venture Global, NextDecade Rio Grande, Sempra Port Arthur). The US has structurally replaced Russia as Europe's marginal gas supplier.
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