The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) gives notice of receipt of an application (Application), filed on September 27, 2019, by Cheniere Marketing, LLC ("Cheniere Marketing") and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC ("CCL", and collectively with Cheniere Marketing, "CMI"), requesting long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) up to the equivalent of 108.16 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries, and to Non-Free Trade Agreement (NFTA) countries. Authorization is for: (i) a 25-year period for exports to FTA nations, and (ii) a 20-year period for exports to Non-FTA nations, each commencing on the date of first commercial export from the Corpus Christi Liquefaction Project (Liquefaction Projection). CMI proposes to export LNG from the Liquefaction Project to any country that has, or in the future will have, the capacity to import LNG via ocean-going carrier, with which the United States has, or in the future enters into, an FTA requiring national treatment for trade in natural gas, and/or NFTA countries, with which trade is not prohibited by United States law or policy. CMI requests this authorization on its own behalf and as agent for other parties who hold title to the LNG at the time of export.
DOE will consider one or more of the following studies examining the cumulative impacts of exporting domestically produced LNG:
- Effect of Increased Levels of Liquefied Natural Gas on U.S. Energy Markets, conducted by the U.S. Energy Information Administration upon DOE’s request (2014 EIA LNG Export Study);
- The Macroeconomic Impact of Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted jointly by the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export Study); and
- Macroeconomic Outcomes of Market Determined Levels of U.S. LNG Exports, conducted by NERA Economic Consulting on behalf of DOE (2018 LNG Export Study)
Additionally, DOE will consider the following environmental documents:
- Addendum to Environmental Review Documents Concerning Exports of Natural Gas From the United States, 79 FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014) and
- Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States, 79 FR 32260 (June 4, 2014).
- 2019 Update to Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting Liquefied Natural Gas from the United States, 84 FR 49278 (Sep. 19, 2019)
NO. | DATE: | FILED BY: | DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT |
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1. | 09/27/2019 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | Application for Long-term, Multi-contract Authorization to Export LNG to Free Trade and Non-free Trade Agreement Nations. |
2. | 11/26/2019 | U.S. Department of Energy | 84 FR 65146 - Notice of Application |
3. | 12/20/2019 | Industrial Energy Consumers of America | Notice of Intervention, Protest and Comment |
4. | 01/02/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | 85 FR 72: Response to Comments on Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Perspective on Exporting LNG from the U.S. |
5. | 01/06/2020 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | Answer of Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC in Oppostion to Deficient Notice of Intervention, Protest, and Comment |
6. | 02/11/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Published Notice 85 FR 7672: Policy Statement Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050. Federal Register Notice The Comment Page |
7. | 04/14/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Order 4519 Granting Long-term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement Nations |
8. | 07/29/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Signed Federal Register Notice Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050 |
9. | 08/25/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | 85 FR 52237 - Published Federal Register Notice Extending Natural Gas Export Authorizations to Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries Through the Year 2050 |
10. | 09/03/2020 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | Application to Amend Export Term for Existing Long-term Authorizations through December 31, 2050 |
11. | 10/26/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Categorical Exclusion Determination |
12. | 10/28/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Order Extending Export Term for Authorizations to Free Trade and Non-Free Trade Agreement Nations through December 31, 2050 |
13. | 12/18/2020 | U.S. Department of Energy | Policy Statement on Including Short-Term Export Authority in Long-Term LNG Export Authorizations |
14. | 02/25/2022 | Interested Parties | Off-the-Record comments received after comment closing period. Therefore these comments will not be considered as a part of the record. |
15. | 02/28/2022 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | First Sale Notification |
16. | 03/16/2022 | U.S. Department of Energy | Order 4799 Granting Long-term Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-free Trade Agreement Nations |
17. | 04/13/2022 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | First Sale Notification |
18. | 05/17/2023 | Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, Cheniere Marketing, LLC and CCL Midscale 8-9, LLC | Substitution of Counsel & Updates to Service List |
19. | 03/05/2025 | Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC | Request to Update Contact Information |