CX-270950: Southern LNG Company, LLC: Docket No. 23-109-LNG

Southern LNG Company, L.L.C. (SLNG) filed an application (Application) with the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (now known as the Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office) on September 25, 2023. Subsequently, on July 31, 2025, SLNG filed an amendment application, as supplemented on September 11, 2025. SLNG seeks additional long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a volume equivalent to 28.25 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per year (Bcf/yr) of natural gas, to non-free trade agreement countries. SLNG also asks DOE to authorize transfers of LNG into approved International Organization for Standardization containers, which are then loaded onto ocean-going vessels for export; and ship-to-ship transfers of U.S.-sourced LNG for use as a marine fuel when the receiving ship is located within the territorial seas of a foreign country (including in foreign ports), as determined by that country and recognized by the United States. DOE’s proposed action is to approve the exports described in the Application, as amended, if DOE determines that such exports are not inconsistent with the public interest.