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Cameron LNG is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra Infrastructure, TotalEnergies, Mitsui & Co., and Japan LNG Investment, a joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and NYK.
The liquefaction facility, located near Hackberry, Louisiana, along the Calcasieu Ship Channel, shipped its 1,000th cargo of LNG since 2019 earlier this year.
It includes three liquefaction trains capable of exporting up to 14.95 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), or approximately 772 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year.
In addition to these three trains, Sempra and its partners are working to expand the facility with the fourth train, with a capacity of about 6.75 mtpa.
In 2023, Sempra Infrastructure and its partners received approval from FERC for their revised expansion project, as they previously planned to build two additional LNG units, adding about 10 mtpa.
According to a FERC filing dated October 21, Cameron LNG is requesting a 60-month extension, until March 16, 2033, to construct and place the amended expansion project into service.
The LNG terminal operator said that “good cause” exists to grant this request, as it has “proceeded diligently” to advance the project.
“Cameron LNG has continued to maintain all required permits and prioritized development of the amended expansion project by investing approximately $100 million in costs related to the project which included development activities such as permitting, corporate structuring, negotiation of commercial agreements necessary for the amended expansion project, and financing,” it said.
Tolling deals
Cameron LNG noted that it has “significantly” progressed amendments to the existing liquefaction and regasification tolling agreements (LRTAs) for Trains 1–3 as well as liquefaction tolling agreements (LTAs) for Train 4 that allow integrated operations of the Cameron LNG terminal.
These LTAs represent 350 Bcf/yr, or 100 percent of the amended expansion project’s capacity.
All customers of Trains 1–4 are affiliates of the upstream joint-venture owners of Cameron LNG, it said.
According to the firm, the amendments to the existing LRTAs and the new LTAs will be submitted to lenders for the Cameron LNG terminal and will be executed at the time of a positive final investment decision (FID) for the amended expansion project, for which a grant of this extension request is a prerequisite.
Cameron LNG has made “significant” efforts to advance the project as redesigned to increase
efficiency and reliability of the project.
“However, because the project’s lenders require assurances that Cameron LNG has all necessary authorizations for the expansion project as amended, a grant of the extension requested herein is a prerequisite to reaching a positive FID, to amending the LRTAs, and ultimately to successfully commercializing the amended expansion project,” it said.
Sempra Infrastructure sale
It is worth noting that Sempra agreed last month to sell a 45 percent equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure to KKR and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
This was revealed as part of the FID announcement for the second phase of the Port Arthur LNG project in Texas.
The transaction is expected to close in Q2 – Q3 2026, subject to necessary regulatory and other approvals and closing conditions.
Upon closing, a KKR-led consortium will become the majority owner of Sempra Infrastructure, holding a 65 percent equity stake, while Sempra will retain a 25 percent interest alongside Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s (ADIA) existing 10 percent stake.
