Prioritising LNG and small modular reactors to power South Korea’s semiconductor clusters and data centres is a “high-cost, high-risk, and high-carbon strategy,” IEEA analysts warn. This hold true especially if Korean utilities have to get LNG cargoes shipped across the Pacific Basin from the United States, as compared with cargoes from nearby Australia.
Cheniere Energy has produced the first LNG from Train 1 of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 liquefaction project (CCL Stage 3).
The commissioning process continues, the company said, adding that Train 1’s substantial completion was expected to be achieved at the end of the first quarter of 2025, over six months ahead of the guaranteed completion date. Full notice to proceed on CCL Stage 3 was issued in June, 2022, to engineering company Bechtel.
CCL Stage 3 consists of seven mid-scale trains, with an expected total LNG production capacity of over 10 mtpa. Upon substantial completion, the expected total LNG production capacity of the Corpus Christi liquefaction facility will be over 25 mtpa.
