Cheniere Energy Inc. has requested more time from FERC to build and bring online its planned expansion at the Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in South Texas, citing delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Cheniere, one of the largest gas buyers in the country and the nation’s largest LNG exporter, said it needs until June 30, 2027 to bring stage three of the Corpus project online. That’s roughly three years after the date originally authorized when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the project in 2019. 

“The onset and duration of the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in adverse economic and logistical conditions that slowed commercial progress and precluded” the company “from making a timely final investment decision (FID) on the stage...