Cheniere and contractor Bechtel announced on social media that completion was achieved on December 19.<\/p>\n
This follows the\u00a0substantial completion<\/a>\u00a0of the first liquefaction train in March this year, ahead of schedule,\u00a0and the company\u2019s\u00a0completion\u00a0<\/a>of\u00a0the second liquefaction train in August and the third train<\/a>\u00a0in October.<\/p>\n Cheniere said in its third-quarter report it expects first LNG from Train 4 in November 2025 and substantial completion \u201caround year-end 2025 or early 2026.\u201d<\/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 in the social media post.<\/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 was 93 percent complete<\/a> as of the end of November.<\/p>\n Over 30 mtpa<\/p>\n