Two developers in the US have lodged formal applications to construct liquefaction projects totalling nearly 30 million tonnes per annum.
Freeport LNG and Cheniere Energy have completed the pre-filing process at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and moved to the full permitting phase for their plans.
Cheniere is the proponent behind the 18 million tpa Sabine Pass complex, the only fully consented export plant in the lower 48 states to date.
Freeport LNG is developing an initial three-train plant that will export around 13.2
