Commonwealth LNG Terminal

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Commonwealth LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in United States with units that are proposed.

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
T1 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)
T2 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)
T3 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)
T4 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)
T5 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)
T6 Cameron Parish, Louisiana, United States[1] 29.764163, -93.348066 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year
Name Facility type Status Capacity Total terminal capacity Offshore Associated infrastructure
T1 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –
T2 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –
T3 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –
T4 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –
T5 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –
T6 export[2] proposed[3] –[2] 9.5 mtpa False –

Table 3: Cost

Name Facility type Cost Total known terminal costs
T1 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000
T2 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000
T3 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000
T4 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000
T5 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000
T6 export[2] –[4] US$11,000,000,000

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward
Name Facility type Status Proposal year FID year Construction year Operating year Inactive year
T1 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –
T2 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –
T3 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –
T4 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –
T5 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –
T6 export[2] proposed[3] –[3] 2025 (Pre-FID)[5] – 2031[6][7] –

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name Facility type Status Owners Parent companies Operator
T1 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –
T2 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –
T3 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –
T4 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –
T5 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –
T6 export[2] proposed[3] Commonwealth LNG Co Ltd [100%][8][9] Kimmeridge Energy Management Co LLC [65.9%]; Mubadala Petroleum LLC [24.1%] –

Background

Commonwealth LNG Terminal is a proposed LNG terminal in Louisiana, United States.[10] It will have six production trains,[11] and a total capacity of 8.4 million tonnes per year.[12] Project costs are estimated to be US$4.8 billion.[13]

The Office of Fossil Energy granted Commonwealth LNG long-term authorization to export LNG to Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries in December of 2012.[14] Commonwealth LNG announced in April 2017 an expected commercial operation start date by the second quarter of 2022, representing a delay from the previously-expected operation date of fourth quarter 2021.[15] In January 2018, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation was appointed as the project's financial advisor by Commonwealth LNG.[16]

In September of 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) formally accepted Commonwealth LNG’s filing application.[17] However, in March 2020 FERC announced that it was suspending the environmental review for Commonwealth LNG due to delays in receiving key data from Commonwealth LNG.[18] FERC is not expected to make a permit decision until the first quarter of 2021. The company expects to make a final investment decision (FID) shortly after, and deliver its first shipments of LNG in the second quarter of 2024.[19]

In April 2020, the energy and shipping brokerage Poten & Partners disclosed that the FID for the terminal had been delayed beyond the original FID timing of the second quarter of 2021. It cited COVID-19, plunging demand and the crash in oil prices as the reasons for the delay. [20]

Commonwealth tendered the project for terminal supplies in January 2021 and expects to select bidders by the end of June 2021.[21]

As of June 2021, the results of the tendering process had not been announced. Construction of the terminal is still targeted to begin in the first quarter of 2022, though a further regulatory issue is believed to be causing delays. A filing by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to FERC pointed out that an assessment which addresses the project's potential impacts to essential fish habitat is incomplete. NMFS also said that the project's main permitting review has been paused for more than a year due to the delay in the availability of a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – federal agencies' authorizations are dependent on an EIS.[22] In Aug. 2021 Commonwealth LNG asked FERC to reject calls to invalidate the plant's license on the grounds that no new evidence had been introduced since the license was granted in 2019.[23]

In October 2021, the CEO of Commonwealth LNG, Paul Varello, said that FID for the terminal was projected for early 2023 owing to delays with the project receiving a permit certificate from FERC. The permitting from FERC was now anticipated by late 2022.[24]

In September 2022, a FERC study found that the project would result in “disproportionately high and adverse” impacts for nearby environmental justice communities.[25] Regardless, FERC approved the project in November 2022.[26]

In May 2023, Commonwealth LNG said that it expected to receive its first US export permit by June.[27]

A June 2023 article from Natural Gas Intelligence said that Commonwealth was in the final stages of commercialization, and that the sponsors anticipated taking FID this year.[28]

In February 2024, LNG Prime reported that Commonwealth LNG had pushed its anticipated FID date from 2024 to the first half of 2025. A spokesperson attributed the delay to the Biden Administration's pause on non-FTA export approvals for proposed LNG projects.[29]

In May 2025, Caturus, an integrated platform that now has ownership of Commonwealth LNG, announced a positive final investment decision for Commonwealth LNG Terminal with the closing of US$9.75 billion in project financing. Total equity and debt financing for the project amounted to US$21.25 billion.[30] Reuters cited the total project cost, including financing fees, as US$12.5 ​billion, with US$8.4 billion required for the engineering, procurement, and construction portion of the work. At this time, the project was considered to be under construction and expected to begin operating in 2030.[31]

Expansion Project

In September 2026, Catarus announced that it planned to develop an expansion project that would add five liquefaction trains and 7.75 mtpa in additional capacity, nearly doubling the base project's capacity to a total of 17.25 mtpa.[32] The expansion project would start in the early 2030s, according to the developer, if it secures its permitting approvals and financing.[33]

Contracts

In June of 2019, Commonwealth Projects and Gunvor Group Ltd signed a heads of agreement (HOA), which finalized a definitive 15-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale-and-purchase agreement (SPA) for 1.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG offtake from the Commonwealth LNG terminal.[34]

In November of 2019, Commonwealth LNG, LLC announced a deal with Gunvor, in which Gunvor will take 3 million metric tons of production from the plant and help Commonwealth LNG land contracts to sell the rest of the facility's production on the global market.[19]

In August 2021, Commonwealth CEO Paul Varello said that the company signed a preliminary agreement with Bangladesh's Summit Oil & Shipping to potentially contract for up to 1 million tonnes per annum of LNG from its proposed facility, though that offtake deal had still to be finalized. Varello also spoke of having made "substantial progress" on other contract agreements which were in the final stages of negotiation. These contracts represent more than half of Commonwealth's 7 million to 7.5 million tonnes per annum capacity target which it needs to secure before being able to sanction the project by taking FID.[24]

In January 2022, Australian firm Woodside Energy signed a Heads of Agreement with Commonwealth LNG to negotiate a sale and purchase agreement for the supply of 2 Mtpa of LNG over a period of 20 years, scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2026.[35]

In September 2022, Woodside Energy and Commonwealth LNG solidified the commitments under the heads of agreement by agreeing to two sales and purchase agreements for up to 2.5 mtpa LNG over 20 years.[36]

In September 2023, Commonwealth LNG signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Switzerland's MET Group for the purchase of 1 mtpa LNG over 20 years.[37] The same month, Commonwealth signed an HOA with EQT Corporation for it to liquefy 1 mtpa LNG at the facility under a 15-year tolling agreement.[38]

In June 2024, Kimmeridge agreed in principle to a 20-year, 2-mtpa LNG offtake agreement with Commonwealth LNG as part of its new equity deal.[39]

Financing

In August 2023, Commonwealth announced that it had closed an investment of development capital from Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC, alongside an agreement, in principle, under which Kimmeridge would purchase 2 mtpa LNG over 20 years.[40]

In an interview with S&P Global, Commonwealth LNG chairman Paul Varello said FID is intended for Q1 2024. The first two trains were slated to come online in Q1 2027, with the remaining four trains throughout the rest of that year.[41]

In June 2024, Kimmeridge took at 90% stake in Commonwealth LNG.[42]

In April 2025, Mubadala Energy agreed to acquire a 24.1% stake in the project through Kimmeridge’s SoTex HoldCo LLC through new equity.[43] The deal was closed in August 2025.[44]

Carbon Capture and Storage

In November 2023, Commonwealth announced it had entered a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with OnStream CO2 LLC, a joint venture between Carbonvert Inc. and Castex Carbon Solutions, LLC, to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) along with its Commonwealth LNG Terminal facility. The CCS project will be owned and operated by OnStream CO2 LLC and would take captured CO2 from Commonwealth LNG for 20 years under the agreement[45].

Opposition

In a public letter filed with FERC in December of 2019, the Audubon Society of Louisiana wrote that the terminal could destroy habitat for the eastern black rail, a rare marsh bird that is expected to be added to the endangered species list in 2020.[46]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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