\u201cAs part of initial commissioning of Midscale liquefaction Train 5, Cheniere and EPC contractor Bechtel will begin startup\/commissioning operations,\u201d according to a report filed by Corpus Christi Liquefaction with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.<\/p>\n
\u201cCheniere and EPC contractor will be utilizing good engineering practices during startup\/commissioning activities. The thermal oxidizer, furnace, and ground flares will be maintained and operated during the startup\/commissioning activities to ensure hydrocarbons are properly combusted,\u201d the firm said.<\/p>\n
In addition, CCL also received approval from the US FERC on Wednesday to introduce propane into the midscale Train 5 thermal oxidizer and hot oil furnace for the Stage 3 project.<\/p>\n
Over 30 mtpa<\/p>\n
Last month, Cheniere achieved <\/a>substantial completion of the fourth liquefaction train at the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project.<\/p>\n This followed the\u00a0substantial completion<\/a>\u00a0of the first liquefaction train in March last year, ahead of schedule,\u00a0and the company\u2019s\u00a0completion\u00a0<\/a>of\u00a0the second liquefaction train in August and\u00a0the third train<\/a>\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n \u201cOur 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,\u201d Cheniere said last month.<\/p>\n Cheniere\u00a0made the final investment decision\u00a0<\/a>on the Corpus Christi Stage 3 expansion project, worth about $8 billion, in June 2022, while Bechtel\u00a0officially started construction\u00a0<\/a>on the project in October of the same year.<\/p>\n The Stage 3 expansion project\u00a0was 93 percent complete<\/a>\u00a0as of the end of November.<\/p>\n