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The DOE filings show that Port Arthur LNG signed the deals with Vitol, Glencore, and Sabine Energy.
Port Artur LNG and Vitol Inc., a US unit of trader Vitol, signed a base contract for the sale and purchase of natural gas (NAESB) and associated special provisions on March 2, 2026.
Under the gas supply agreement, Vitol will provide approximately 250,000 MMBtu/day to Port Arthur for three years.
Moreover, Port Arthur LNG signed the same gas supply deal with a unit of trader Glencore on April 8, 2026.
Under this gas supply agreement, Glencore will supply approximately 50,000 MMBtu/day to Port Arthur for three years.
Most recently, Port Arthur LNG entered into a gas supply deal with Us shale gas producer Sabine Energy, a unit of Japan’s Osaka Gas, on May 26.
Sabine Energy will supply approximately 100,000 MMBtu/day to Port Arthur LNG for three years.
The supply period is from November 1, 2027, through November 1, 2030, with a mutual option to extend an additional two
years.
Launch of first train in 2027
Sempra Infrastructure, in which Sempra is reducing its ownership to 25 percent, recently placed its Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector project in service.
The pipeline will transport and provide natural gas to the first phase of the Port Arthur LNG project.
In March 2023, Sempra Infrastructure took a final investment decision on the first phase of its Port Arthur LNG export project worth about $13 billion.
Bechtel won the $10.5 billion EPC contract, which includes building two trains with a total capacity of about 13 mtpa and two storage tanks with a capacity of 160,000 cbm.
The expected commercial operation dates for train 1 and train 2 are 2027 and 2028, respectively.
Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 is a joint venture project between Sempra Infrastructure and ConocoPhillips and has long-term sales offtake agreements with ConocoPhillips, RWE, Orlen, Ineos, and Engie.
In addition, Sempra Infrastructure took FID on the second phase of the Port Arthur LNG project last year.
Including the first 13 mtpa phase, the facility will have a total capacity of about 26 mtpa.
The expected commercial operation dates for Train 3 and Train 4 are 2030 and 2031, respectively.
Phase 2 is jointly owned by Sempra Infrastructure and an investor consortium led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, together with KKR, Apollo-managed funds, and Private Credit at Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
This phase is subscribed with definitive long-term offtake agreements with strategic partner ConocoPhillips as an anchor, and counterparties such as EQT and Jera.
