HOUSTON, TEXAS (By Editors at Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Jul.2025, Words: 271) — Cheniere Energy‘s final investment decision (FID) on Corpus Christi Midscale Trains 8 and 9 (CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9), as well as a debottlenecking project at its Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi facilities underscores the strong momentum behind US LNG projects and future gas demand growth, according to East Daley Analytics (EDA).
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CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 is being built adjacent to the Corpus Christi stage 3 project (CCL Stage 3) and consists of 2 midscale trains with an expected total liquefaction capacity of over 3 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and other debottlenecking infrastructure, Cheniere said in an official statement back on 24 Jun. 2025;
Highlights of this LNG momentum, revealed by EDA on 11 Jul. 2025 in a research note, include:
— “Cheniere updated its run-rate outlook for LNG production, increasing combined liquefaction capacity across the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi facilities by over 10%. Cheniere expects most of the capacity increases to come from the midscale trains, likely informed by early results at Train 1 of the Stage 3 Corpus Christi expansion.”: EDA
— “Cheniere is not the only facility expecting to run over nameplate capacity. Since startup, Venture Global‘s Plaquemines LNG has been running at 140% of nameplate capacity while the facility commissions the first 18 mini-trains, pulling over 2.5 Bcf/d consistently this spring. The Cheniere and VG projects are contributing to strong demand growth and supporting higher gas prices in 2025.”: EDA
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