The expansion includes three new liquefaction trains, boosting the terminal’s production capacity by 19 mtpa.

The project is intended to diversify the LNG terminal’s feed gas sources.

The Houston-based developer asserts that FERC staff overstepped their authority in the draft review, citing recent executive orders.

The $28B LNG project awaits a final FERC nod as the U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts continued strong global demand for LNG this year.

The request aims to align the in-service date with an updated construction schedule following the Tellurian acquisition.

The results of the review reaffirms the agency’s original findings of no significant impacts, paving the way for a final decision on the project.

The requested increase in workers is said to be needed in order for the timely commissioning of three LNG trains expected to enter commercial service later this year.

FERC’s ruling may facilitate similar production boosts at other LNG plants.

Company cites COVID-19 pandemic, shifting LNG markets, and Energy Transfer’s takeover as reasons for the delay.

Transfer is said to be critical for financing the project, which is needed to address Alaska’s energy crisis.

The supplemental environmental review responds to a court remand, focusing on impacts to communities with environmental justice concerns and air quality monitoring data.

The draft review addresses a court order, compelling FERC to properly weigh the LNG project’s impacts on communities, air quality, and a carbon capture proposal.

The ruling marks a decisive blow to the oil major’s dispute over its supply contract with Venture Global LNG.

The project, scrapped in 2021, would add 6.95 Mtpa of LNG export capacity by Q3 2027.

The $364 million East Lateral XPress Project will serve Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG project.