First liquefied natural gas cargo produced at Corpus Christi Stage 3 export facility
<div class=\"default-font-wrapper\" style=\"line-height: 1;font-size: 12pt; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;\"><span id=\"isPasted\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-transform: uppercase; color: rgb(89, 89, 89); display: block; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">March 11, 2025</span><br><p data-type=\"inbrief\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><img src=\"https://download.qtmarketcenter.com/jay/1741695350002.png\" alt=\"U.S. liquefied natural gas export facilities, existing and under construction\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-style: none; max-width: 100%; width: 914px;\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dii fr-fil\" success=\"true\" filename=\"1741695350002.png\"></span></p><div style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0.5em 0em; padding: 0px; font-style: normal; font-size: 0.875rem; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Data source: </strong>U.S. Energy Information Administration, Liquefaction Capacity File; trade press<br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Note: </strong>Commissioning refers to the stage in LNG export facility development from the start of LNG exports to full production capacity. Bcf/d=billion cubic feet per day; LNG=liquefied natural gas</span></div><hr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border-top: 1px dashed rgb(212, 212, 212); border-right: none; border-bottom: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; margin: 1.5em 0em !important; background: none; clear: both; color: rgb(212, 212, 212); float: none; height: 1px; overflow: visible; width: 914px; font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In February 2025, Corpus Christi Stage 3, an expansion of the existing Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility, <a href=\"https://lngir.cheniere.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/314/cheniere-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2024-results\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">produced its first LNG cargo</a>, according to the developer Cheniere Energy. Corpus Christ Stage 3 <a href=\"https://lngir.cheniere.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/310/cheniere-achieves-first-lng-at-the-corpus-christi-stage-3#:~:text=HOUSTON%2D%2D(BUSINESS%20WIRE)%2D%2D,%E2%80%9CCCL%20Stage%203%E2%80%9D).\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">started producing LNG</a> in December 2024. The start of LNG exports from Corpus Christi Stage 3 follows shortly after <a href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64224\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">the start of exports</a> from another U.S. LNG export facility—Plaquemines LNG Phase 1—also in December.</span></p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion facility, located next to the existing Corpus Christi LNG terminal in San Patricio County, Texas, consists of seven <a href=\"https://www.chartindustries.com/Products/LNG-Liquefaction-Plants\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">midscale trains</a>, with a combined <a href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64224\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">nominal capacity</a> of 1.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and <a href=\"https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=64224\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">peak capacity</a> of 1.5 Bcf/d.</span></p><p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Jost, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Project developer Cheniere Energy indicated that <a href=\"https://lngir.cheniere.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/314/cheniere-reports-fourth-quarter-and-full-year-2024-results\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 126, 181); text-decoration: none;\">the first three midscale trains</a> at Corpus Christi Stage 3 are expected to start up in 2025 and the remaining four trains in 2026. Once all seven trains are operating, the total nominal capacity of Corpus Christi LNG will be 3.1 Bcf/d (3.9 Bcf/d peak), making the facility the second largest in the United States after Sabine Pass LNG, which has a nominal capacity of 3.6 Bcf/d (4.6 Bcf/d peak).</span></p></div>