US Cheniere's Sabine Pass Train 2 Complete

The construction work on Train 2 of the Cheniere Energy Partners' Sabine Pass project is now substantially complete, the operator said September 16.

Commissioning has been completed and Cheniere Partners' EPC partner Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals is handing over control to Cheniere Partners in coordination with a previously announced planned outage to improve performance of the flare systems as well as to perform scheduled maintenance to Train 1 and other facilities, it said.

Sabine Pass terminal (Credit: Cheniere)

Under a sale and purchase agreement with Gas Natural Fenosa LNG, the first commercial delivery is expected to occur in August 2017, at which point the 20-year contract begins. Before that date, GNF has certain rights to early cargoes produced from Train 2 as described in the SPA. Also Cheniere did not sell the full capacity, as a hedge against the plant's under-performance and also to benefit from opportunities from trading in its own right.

William Powell