First Commissioning Cargo Shipped From Cameron LNG

Sempra LNG today announced Cameron LNG has shipped the first commissioning cargo of LNG from the first liquefaction train of the export project in Hackberry, Louisiana. Commercial operations from the facility will begin after Cameron LNG receives authorization from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). That authorization is expected in mid-2019.

"This achievement brings Cameron LNG, one of Sempra's five strategically located LNG infrastructure projects, one step closer to commercial operations," said Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, chairman and CEO of Sempra North American Infrastructure. "Seeing the first tanker depart loaded with U.S. LNG produced at this world-class facility is significant for our company."

Phase 1 of the Cameron LNG export project includes the first three liquefaction trains. Currently Sempra expects Train 2 to produce LNG in Q1 2020 and Train 3 to produce LNG in Q2 of 2020. The three trains will enable Cameron LNG to export approximately 12 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of LNG. Approximately 1.7 billion cubic feet per day.

Cameron LNG is jointly owned by affiliates of Sempra LNG, 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% of Cameron LNG.

Cameron LNG Phase 1 is one of five LNG export projects Sempra Energy is developing in North America: Cameron LNG Phase 2, previously authorized by FERC, encompasses up to two additional liquefaction trains and up to two additional LNG storage tanks; Port Arthur LNG in Texas, which recently was approved by FERC; and Energía Costa Azul LNG Phase 1 and Phase 2 in Mexico.