US Department of Energy authorizes additional LNG exports from Lake Charles

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US Department of Energy announced today the approval of two long-term applications to export additional LNG from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project in Lake Charles, LA. Additional exports in the amount of 0.33 Bcfd of natural gas are approved from Lake Charles’s proposed liquefaction facility.

The two non-additive authorizations for the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project have been issued to Lake Charles Exports, LLC and Lake Charles LNG Export Company (the Lake Charles Companies) authorizing additional exports of domestically produced LNG from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project to any country in the world not prohibited by US law or policy.

The Energy Department previously authorized the Lake Charles Companies to export LNG up to the equivalent of 2 Bcfd of natural gas to any country in the world not prohibited by US law or policy from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project. Now, with further engineering of the planned project, additional design capacity has been realized and the Energy Department is authorizing an additional 0.33 Bcfd of exports from the Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project.

According to the Lake Charles Companies, the construction of Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project will provide thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs as well.

The Department of Energy has now authorized a total of 21.33 Bcfd of natural gas exports to any country in the world from planned facilities in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, Maryland and the Gulf of Mexico. The Lake Charles LNG Liquefaction Project would further position the United States to become a predominant LNG supplier to the rest of the world.

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