All major construction activities have been completed to begin the commissioning and start-up process to produce LNG from the first liquefaction train at the Cameron LNG facility.

Sempra Energy has announced the initiation of the commissioning process for the support facilities and first liquefaction train of Phase 1 of its Hackberry, La., liquefaction-export project.

Phase 1 of the Cameron LNG liquefaction-export project, which includes the first three liquefaction trains, is a $10bn facility with a projected export capability of 12 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG, or approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet per day. All three trains are expected to be producing LNG in 2019.

Cameron LNG is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG & Midstream, Total, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., and Japan LNG Investment, LLC, a company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Corporation and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK).  Sempra Energy indirectly owns 50.2 percent of Cameron LNG. 

For more information visit: www.sempra.com

6th November 2018

6th November 2018