Cheniere records 60% rise in net income amid record LNG production

Cheniere Energy (LNG) reported a 64% increase in net income in 2025, the US’s largest LNG exporter announced on February 26.

Reporting its full year and fourth quarter results, the Houston-headquartered firm revealed its net income soared to $5.33bn in 2025 with revenues also rising by 27% to reach $19.98bn. Consolidated adjusted core earnings also saw a hike of 13% to hit $6.94bn.

Cheniere’s banner year was driven record LNG production with 670 cargoes shipped abroad. The figure represents a 4% increase from 2024.

Looking ahead, Cheniere issued financial guidance forecasting consolidated adjusted core earning of between $6.75bn and $7.25bn and an estimate of between $4.35bn and $4.85bn of distributable cash flow.

Meanwhile, the Texas-based company also announced that it has inked a new New long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with Taiwan’s CPC.

The deal will run for 25 years until the end of 2050 and will see Cheniere deliver 1.2mn tonnes per year (tpy) of the super-chilled fuel at a price indexed to the Henry Hub price in addition to a fixed fee.

Cheniere also inked a deal with CPC in 2018 which began deliveries of 2mn tpy of LNG beginning in 2021 for a 25-year term.

“We are proud to also announce our second long-term contract with CPC, another repeat customer of Cheniere which values the operational reliability and customer focus that has come to define our first decade of LNG exports,” Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s President and CEO said in a statement.

Earlier in February, Cheniere celebrated its 10th anniversary of its firs LNG cargo delivery. The American firm has now shipped abroad over 4,610 LNG cargoes.

Cheniere has had a busy February, with US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright also signing on February 26 an export authorization granting the firm a 12% expansion in exports at its Corpus Christi export terminal.