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Last month, Cheniere’s EPC partner, Bechtel, turned over care, custody, and control of CCL Stage 3 Train 1 and associated systems to Cheniere ahead of schedule.
Cheniere made the final investment decision on the CCL Stage 3 expansion project, worth about $8 billion, in June 2022.
The project includes building seven midscale trains, each with an expected liquefaction capacity of about 1.49 mtpa.
According to this week’s filings with the US FERC, Cheniere is making progress with the commissioning of the second midscale unit.
Cheniere’s unit CCL submitted a document requesting to introduce propane to the Train 2 thermal oxidizer.
In addition, CCL submitted another document requesting the introduction of propane to the Train 2 hot oil furnace.
Cheniere said in its financial report in February that about 20 percent of Train 2 systems “turned over to commissioning and start-up teams who are beginning to place those systems into service.”
CEO Jack Fusco said that the company continues to target the first three trains to ramp up production by the end of this year and all seven trains to be substantially complete by the end of 2026.
The project was 80 percent complete as of the end of February this year.
Upon substantial completion of all seven trains of CCL Stage 3 in 2026, the expected total production capacity of the Corpus Christi liquefaction facility will be over 25 mtpa of LNG.
Expansion
In addition to this expansion, Cheniere recently received approval from the US FERC to build two more midscale trains at its Corpus Christi LNG plant.
The proposed midscale trains 8 and 9 project or project includes adding two midscale
liquefaction trains, each with an expected liquefaction capacity of about 1.49 mtpa, and associated facilities, as well as increasing the authorized loading rate at the terminal’s existing marine berth.
Fusco recently confirmed that the company still expects to make a final investment decision to build two more midscale trains at its Corpus Christi LNG plant this year.