GLNG: Cheniere receives green light to introduce feed gas to Sabine Pass Train 6

US LNG giant Cheniere Energy has been given the go-ahead by regulators to introduce feed gas to Train 6 at its Sabine Pass export terminal in Louisiana.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Cheniere’s September 15 request to introduce feed gas last week. The move will form part of the commissioning process for Train 6, which is being brought online earlier than initially anticipated.
In March, the train’s construction was estimated to be about a year ahead of schedule. Earlier in September, Cheniere said it expected to bring the train online in the first quarter of 2022, instead of the first half of the year as previously anticipated. Then last week, Cheniere's chief commercial officer, Anatol Feygin, was cited as saying that depending on certain variables, there was a “good chance" that Train 6 would begin production before the end of 2021.
The introduction of feed gas is timely, as deliveries to the whole of the Sabine Pass terminal have hit their highest level since May amid booming demand overseas. Once Train 6 is online, Sabine Pass will have the capacity to produce around 30mn tonnes per year (tpy) of LNG.