Cheniere and contractor Bechtel announced on social media that completion was achieved on December 19.
This follows the substantial completion of the first liquefaction train in March this year, ahead of schedule, and the company’s completion of the second liquefaction train in August and the third train in October.
Cheniere said in its third-quarter report it expects first LNG from Train 4 in November 2025 and substantial completion “around year-end 2025 or early 2026.”
“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 in the social media post.
Cheniere made the final investment decision on the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project, worth about $8 billion, in June 2022, while Bechtel officially started construction on the project in October of the same year.
The Stage 3 expansion project was 93 percent complete as of the end of November.
Over 30 mtpa
Cheniere made a positive final investment decision to build two more midscale trains at its Corpus Christi LNG plant in June this year.
Moreover, 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.
In addition to this expansion, Cheniere received approval from the US FERC to initiate the environmental pre-filing review for its Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 4 project.
The trains will have a peak production capacity of approximately 24 mtpa of LNG.