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Rio Grande and Commonwealth LNG Receive Key Permits

9/3/2025

• Federal regulators issued permits for two planned LNG export projects, helping both advance toward making a final investment decision by the end of the year
• The two projects together will have a capacity of nearly 5 Bcf/d and are expected to enter service by the end of the decade
• Rio Grande LNG is being built in Brownsville, Texas while Commonwealth will be built on the west side of the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Louisiana

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Venture Global Starts LNG Production from Plaquemines Phase 2

7/14/2025

• Venture Global began producing LNG from Phase 2 at its Plaquemines facility in Louisiana.
• Phase 2 customers, including major energy firms, will receive LNG by mid-2027.
• The company seeks to generate higher revenue from spot market sales before delivering to long-term customers

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Delfin LNG Close to FID

7/2/2025

• Delfin LNG is nearing FID after securing turbine and engineering deals
• The project will be located offshore, about 50 miles south of Louisiana
• The project will be built in two stages, with stage one inlcuding three offshore platforms with a total capacity of 1.7 Bcf/d, while Stage 2 will add an additional two platforms.

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Cheniere Announces Positive FID on Corpus Christi Midscale Trains 8 & 9

6/24/2025

• Cheniere has secured FID for another expansion of the Corpus Christi export plant, to be constructed alongside the Stage 3 expansion
• In addition to adding two more trains, a debottlenecking project will also allow for increased capacity
• This project should increase the liquefaction capacity at Corpus Christi by about 670 MMcf/d

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