An estimated 76% of the work is done on the first two liquefaction trains at the construction site of Cheniere’s $18 billion Sabine Pass LNG plant in Cameron Parish. The plant is slated to become the first in the lower 48 states to ship supercooled gas to hungry markets overseas. As FuelFix.com reports, an estimated 43% of the work is complete on another two trains, positioning the Houston-based company to meet its timeline to begin exporting gas by late next year.
That aggressive timeline puts Cheniere years ahead of its competitors, including Sempra Energy, which last week started construction on a $6 billion LNG export plant in nearby Hackberry. The Sempra project is the only other LNG export plant to begin construction. Freeport LNG is expected to break ground on its first two liquefaction trains in Quintana Island, Texas, in November, although the company has yet to announce a final investment decision in the project.
While those large-scale construction projects will require the same sort of highly skilled laborers Cheniere has been employing to piece together its Sabine Pass plant, company officials say they don’t expect those projects to interfere with their plans. Read the full story.
