First Commissioning Cargo Departs Cheniere’s Corpus Christi Liquefaction Facility
Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) announced today that the first commissioning cargo of LNG “has loaded and departed from its Corpus Christi liquefaction facility in Texas, marking the first export of LNG from the state and from a greenfield liquefaction facility in the lower 48 states.” The Corpus Christi liquefaction facility’s first train produced first LNG in November and is expected to reach substantial completion in the first quarter of 2019. Train 2 is expected to reach substantial completion in the second half of 2019, and Train 3 in the second half of 2021.