Cheniere reaches substantial completion at CCL Stage 3 Train 1

March 17, 2025

Cheniere Energy reached substantial completion of Train 1 at its 10 million tpy Corpus Christi Stage 3 Liquefaction Project.

Cheniere Energy Inc. reached substantial completion of Train 1 at its 10 million tonnes/year (tpy) Corpus Christi Stage 3 Liquefaction Project (CCL Stage 3) on Mar. 16, 2025.

Commissioning is complete and Cheniere’s engineering, procurement, and construction partner, Bechtel Energy Inc. has turned over care, custody, and control of Train 1 and associated systems to Cheniere.

Full notice to proceed on CCL Stage 3 was issued to Bechtel by Cheniere in June 2022, with first LNG production from Train 1 achieved in December 2024 and the first cargo loaded in February 2025 (OGJ Online, June 22, 2022; Jan. 3, 2025; Feb. 19, 2025).

CCL Stage 3 consists of seven midscale trains.

As of Jan. 31, 2025, overall project completion for CCL Stage 3 was 78.3%, which reflects engineering 97.6% complete, procurement 97.2% complete, subcontract work 88.8% complete, and construction 45.5% complete.

Upon substantial completion of all seven trains of CCL Stage 3 (anticipated in second-half 2026), the expected total production capacity of the Corpus Christi liquefaction plant will be over 25 million tpy of LNG.