Thursday, May 29, 2025

Update: Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 -- Approved -- Biden's Pause Has Come To A Stop -- Another Trump Win -- May 29, 2025

Locator: 48715LNG.

The project at this link. Once completed, this webpage will probably disappear.

Link here

Sempra said Thursday the U.S. Department of Energy issued a permit allowing its Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 development project in Texas to export of up to ~13.5M metric tons/year of liquefied natural gas to markets in Europe and Asia. 

The Phase 2 project is expected to include two liquefaction trains capable of producing ~13M metric tons/year of LNG, which would increase the total liquefaction capacity of the Port Arthur LNG facility from 13M tons/year for Phase 1, which is currently under construction, to as much as 26M tons/year. 

Port Arthur LNG Phase 2, which still needs a final investment decision, is expected to export 1.91B cf/day once completed; Phase 1 is expected to begin exporting LNG in 2027. Based on the graphic below, it suggests Phase 1 is / was ahead of schedule.

Phase 2 is the first final LNG export approval under President Trump, who reversed the Biden administration's pause on project approvals.

From May 14, 2025: link here.