Cheniere’s LNG contractor Bechtel to start work on Corpus Christi LNG ahead of final investment decision
Cheniere Energy said it had initiated a planned lump sum, turnkey, engineering, procurement and construction contract with US LNG and energy engineering firm Bechtel Inc. for the Corpus Christi LNG plant expansion.
Abu Dhabi gives vote of confidence to US LNG by buying over 5 percent stake in Cheniere Energy
Abu Dhabi, the wealthiest emirate in the United Arab Emirates, has taken a more than 5 percent stake in Cheniere Energy, the largest US exporter of liquefied natural gas from its Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG export plants in Louisiana and Texas.
US Rio Grande LNG plant in Port of Brownsville will have five Trains instead of six but same output
NextDecade Corp., the Houston-based developer of the Rio Grande LNG export plant in the Texan port of Brownsville, will have five liquefaction Trains instead of six while maintaining annual output of 27 million tonnes per annum.
US to be third-largest LNG global exporter at the end of 2019 after Australia and Qatar
US LNG exports are expected to amount to 60 million tonnes per annum by the end of 2019, making the Americans the world’s third-largest exporters as more projects come on stream and are ramped up on the US Gulf Coast, including Cameron LNG in Louisiana and Freeport and Corpus Christi plants in Texas.
