Cheniere Energy has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility at its Corpus Christi site in Texas, US.
The planned stage four expansion aims to increase the existing operations by 24 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), reported Reuters.
The present capacity of the Corpus Christi plant stands at 18mtpa, but with a stage three expansion in progress, it is expected to increase to 25mtpa by the end of 2026.
If approved, the stage four expansion would further increase the plant's total capacity to 49mtpa.
The application details a plan for four additional LNG processing units, known as trains, each with potential production of 6mtpa.
Cheniere anticipates requiring 3.3 billion cubic feet of gas daily for this expansion and is seeking federal approval for the project by May 2027.
With an additional 100mtpa of LNG production under construction and expected to be operational between 2027 and 2030, some major energy companies have expressed concerns over a possible surplus of LNG by the end of the decade.
Cheniere Energy is currently competing with Venture Global to be the first US company to achieve a production capacity of 100mtpa.
Cheniere currently operates at a capacity of 52mtpa and is developing an additional 8mtpa.
Meanwhile, Venture Global possesses a capacity of 40mtpa and is in the process of building another 28mtpa.
In June 2025, Cheniere announced a positive final investment decision for the expansion of the Corpus Christi LNG facility.
In August 2025, the FERC approved Cheniere's request to begin the Pre-filing Environmental Review Process for the proposed stage four project of the Corpus Christi Liquefaction (CCL) facility, as well as the expansion project for the Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline.
The CCL stage four project will incorporate connections to current facilities at the CCL Terminal.
This includes shared utilities, an LNG rundown header, elevated flares, boil-off gas compressors, LNG loading lines and an existing feed gas header.
