FERC said on Thursday it granted Corpus Christi Liquefaction’s January 20 request to introduce fuel gas and hot oil into the midscale Train 5 for the Stage 3 project.
Earlier this month, Cheniere kicked off commissioning activities at the fifth train of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project.
Cheniere achieved substantial completion of the fourth liquefaction train at the Stage 3 project last month.
This followed the substantial completion of the first liquefaction train in March last year, ahead of schedule, and the company’s completion of the second liquefaction train in August and the third train in October.
“Our seven-train, 10+ million-tonne-per-annum (mtpa) project continues to track ahead of schedule and on budget, and we expect the remaining three trains to achieve substantial completion in 2026,” Cheniere said last month.
Moreover, Cheniere made a positive final investment decision to build two more midscale trains at its Corpus Christi LNG plant in June last year.
The CCL midscale trains 8 and 9 project is being built adjacent to the Corpus Christi Stage 3 project and consists of two midscale trains with an expected total liquefaction capacity of over 3 mtpa of LNG and other debottlenecking infrastructure.
Upon completion of the project, and together with expected debottlenecking and CCL Stage 3, the Corpus Christi LNG terminal will reach over 30 mtpa in total liquefaction capacity later this decade.