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
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