US LNG Liquefaction and Export Projects
Project name Sponsor(s) Location bcf /day MTPA Expected startup Principal offtakers Recent Status
Sabine Pass Liquefaction Cheniere Energy Sabine Pass, Louisiana 2.0 16.0     FTA and non FTA approved
Train 1     0.5 4.0 2016 BG Construction started
Train 2     0.5 4.0 2016 Gas Natural Construction started
Train 3     0.5 4.0 2017 KOGAS  
Train 4     0.5 4.0 2017 GAIL India  
Train 5     0.5 4.0   TOTAL + ? DOE Status unclear
Train 6     0.5 4.0   under consideration DOE Status unclear
Corpus Christi Cheniere Energy Corpus Christi, Texas 2.1 15.0 2017   FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
3 trains at 4.5 MTPA each              
Lake Charles Exports Southern Union Company Lake Charles, Louisiana 2.0 15.0     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Freeport Liquefaction see fact sheet Freeport, Texas 2.8 22.0 2015   FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
5 trains at 4.4 MTPA each              
Dominion Cove Point LNG Dominion Resources, Inc. Cove Point, Maryland 1.0 5.0   Sumitomo, TEPCO + ? FTA granted, Non FTA pending
Cameron LNG LLC Sempra Energy Hackleberry, Louisiana 1.7 12.0   Mitsui, Mitsubishi, GDF Suez FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Gulf Coast LNG M.S. Smith Brownville, Texas 2.8 22.0     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Gulf LNG Liquefaction Kinder Morgan, GE, et al. Pascagoula, MI 1.5 11.5     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Southern LNG Kinder Morgan (El Paso) Savannah, GA 0.5 4.0     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Golden Pass QPI and Exxon Port Arthur, TX 2.0 15.6     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Carib Energy Carib Energy (USA)   * 0.3     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Jordan Cove Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P. Coos Bay, Oregon 2.0 9.0 2017   FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
Oregon LNG LNG Development Co, LLC Warrenton, OR 1.3 9.6     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
CE FLNG Cambridge Energy LLC Louisiana 1.1 8.0     FTA, NFTA pending
Lavaca Bay LNG Excelerate Energy Lavaca Bay, Texas 1.4 10.0     FTA granted, Non FTA Pending
South Texas LNG Pangea LNG B.V. Ingleside, TX 1.1 8.0     FTA applied for, pending
SB Power Solutions Seaboard Corporation no owned liquefaction   0.6     FTA granted
Main Pass Energy Hub Freeport McMoRan Energy offshore US GOM 4.0 24.0     FTA applied for, pending
Magnolia LNG Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. Lake Charles, Louisiana 0.5 4.0     FTA applied for, pending
Total liquefaction/export capacity   30.7 219.5      
               
Notes:  MTPA = million metric tons per year. Metric tons are commonly referred to as "tonnes."
FTA = Countries with which the US has Free Trade Agreements in effect
Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jordan, Mexico, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Singapore, South Korea.
Not yet in effect, but ratified: Panama.  The US has a FTA with Israel and Costa Rica that does not include natural gas.
Non FTA ("NFTA") = Countries with which the US does not have a Free Trade Agreement, but for which there are no prohibitions against trade relations.
* Carib Energy is a much smaller project, planning exports of about 120,000 gallons per day or 250,000 tonnes of LNG per year.