LNG in World Markets: US Regulators Place over 60 MMt/y of LNG Exports in Holding Pattern

This current feature was extracted from the latest edition of Poten’s LNG in World Markets, a monthly service published on December 16, 2024. The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) have placed four LNG export projects with a combined 60.5 MMt/y of liquefaction capacity into a holding pattern that will extend until 3Q 2025 amid ongoing work to re-evaluate environmental reviews and pending export permit decisions. FERC officials are preparing supplemental environmental impact statements (SEIS) for 27-MMt/y Rio Grande LNG, 4-MMt/y Texas LNG, 9.5-MMt/y Commonwealth LNG and 20-MMt/y CP2 LNG. The reviews were individually ordered by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (DCCA) due to separate legal challenges filed against all four projects by environmentalists and other opponents. Final drafts of the SEIS reports for the projects will be ready between May 9 and July 31, 2025. FERC will use those reports to draft final orders that are expected to be released between July 24 and Nov. 20, 2025.

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