CX-270774: Sapphire Gas Solutions, Docket No. 24-57-LNG

Sapphire Gas Solutions (Sapphire) filed an application (Amendment Application) with the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) on March 28, 2025, pursuant to section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 10 CFR Part 590 of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) regulations.  Sapphire seeks to amend its existing long-term authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) under DOE/FECM Order No. 5186. In the Amendment Application, Sapphire asks DOE to amend Order No. 5186 to add three facilities to its list of approved facilities, for a total of 19 facilities from which it would be authorized to source LNG for its small-scale exports. Sapphire lists these 19 facilities in Appendix C of its Amendment Application. Sapphire further requests that its authorization include exports from the Port of Houston, Texas and Port Everglades, Florida, in addition to the Port of Miami, Florida, from which it states its currently-authorized exports originate. DOE’s proposed action is to grant the requested amendment to Order No. 5186. If granted, Sapphire will be authorized to export LNG sourced from any of the 19 facilities identified in Appendix C of the Amendment Application, and to export from the Port of Houston, Texas, and Port Everglades, Florida, in addition to the Port of Miami, Florida, subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in both Order No. 5186 and the DOE order granting the Amendment Application.