Cheniere Marketing, LLC and Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC (collectively, Corpus Christi or CMI) jointly filed an application (Application) with the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) on October 2, 2020, seeking blanket authorization to engage in short-term exports of domestically produced liquefied natural gas (LNG). Corpus Christi requests authorization to export this LNG in a volume equivalent to 767 billion cubic feet of natural gas on a cumulative basis for a two-year period commencing on December 12, 2020. DOE/FE’s proposed action is to authorize the exports described in the Application if DOE/FE determines that such exports are not inconsistent with the public interest. If granted, the authorization would permit the requested LNG exports by vessel on a short-term basis from the Liquefaction Project, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the DOE order.
Epcilon LNG LLC (Epcilon) filed an application (Application) with the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) under section 3 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) on March 23, 2020. Epcilon states that it is submitting the Application in connection with the development of the AMIGO LNG production and storage facility (the LNG Facility) to be located on the Gulf of California in the State of Sonora, Mexico, and owned and operated by its affiliate, AMIGO LNG S.A. In the Application, Epcilon requests long-term, multi-contract authorization to export domestically produced natural gas by pipeline from the United States to Mexico and, after liquefaction in Mexico, to deliver and consume a portion of the liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Mexico and to re-export the LNG to other countries.