Cameron LNG expansion approved

Sempra Energy has announced that Cameron 

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 has received authorization from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to export an additional 1.41 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day (Bcfd) from its proposed Louisiana liquefaction expansion project to countries that do not have a free-trade agreement with the U.S. With this order, Cameron 

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's export capacity will be 24.92 million tons per annum or 3.53 Bcfd.

Earlier this year, Cameron 

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 received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to site, construct and operate the proposed expansion project, which will include up to two additional liquefaction trains (trains No. 4 and No. 5) and one additional full containment 

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 storage tank (tank No. 5). The expansion project will be located next to the Cameron 

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 terminal and liquefaction facilities that were approved for construction in 2014 in Hackberry, La.

Construction on the first phase of the $10 billion Cameron 

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 liquefaction project (trains No. 1-3) currently is underway.  The facility is expected to commence operations during 2018, with the first full year of operations in 2019.

The proposed expansion project is subject to completing the required commercial agreements, securing all necessary consents and approvals, obtaining financing and reaching a final investment decision, among other things.