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Feed gas deliveries to U.S. export facilities have slipped to their lowest point in weeks as maintenance has cut flows to the Sabine Pass and Cameron terminals in Louisiana.

The liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in service on Quintana Island in Texas by Freeport LNG on Monday said it has secured all of the funding needed to add a fourth train.

Cheniere Energy Partners LP said Friday that Train 3 of the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in Cameron Parish, LA, is substantially complete as of last Tuesday and commissioning has been completed.

FERC has granted Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Sabine Pass LNG LP permission to begin liquefaction and export activities from Train 2 at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Cameron Parish, LA.

Australia Pacific LNG has completed production of its first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its facility on Curtis Island near Gladstone, Queensland, along Australia’s eastern coast.

The first train of the Sabine Pass Liquefaction (SBL) project in Cameron Parish, LA, is being handed over to the company by contractor Bechtel, months ahead of schedule, Bechtel and SBL affiliate Cheniere Energy Partners LP said Tuesday. The “substantial completion” of Train 1 follows the sendout of numerous commissioning cargoes (see Daily GPI,May, 27;May 4). Under a sale and purchase agreement with BG Gulf Coast LNG LLC, the date of first commercial delivery for Train 1 is expected to occur in November 2016, upon which the agreement’s 20-year term commences. Under the agreement BG has certain rights to early cargoes produced from Train 1. “Now that Train 1 has achieved substantial completion, financial results from its LNG sales going forward will be reflected in the statement of operations,” Cheniere said.

Train 2 of the Gladstone LNG project on Curtis Island in Australia has begun producing liquefied natural gas (LNG), contractor Bechtel said Wednesday. Meanwhile, work at Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass Terminal in Louisiana is advancing. And a widened Panama Canal is expected to see transit of larger vessels beginning next month.

Following the completion of commissioning demonstration tests, Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Sabine Pass LNG LP asked FERC for authorization to place into service the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal’s Train 1 facilities. More than a half-dozen commissioning cargoes have left the first train of the Cheniere Energy Louisiana terminal to date (see Daily GPI,April 29). Last Friday the Cheniere companies asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow certain Train 1 facilities to enter commercial service by Tuesday (May 3). “Pending approval from FERC, Sabine could begin commercial operations at Train 1,” Genscape Inc. said in a note. The facility’s first train has contracts to supply Royal Dutch Shell/BG Group, Kansai Electric Power Co., and Chubu Electric Power Co., Genscape said.

Following the completion of commissioning demonstration tests, Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC and Sabine Pass LNG LP asked FERC for authorization to place into service the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal’s Train 1 facilities. More than a half-dozen commissioning cargoes have left the first train of the Cheniere Energy Louisiana terminal to date (see Daily GPI,April 29). Last Friday the Cheniere companies asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to allow certain Train 1 facilities to enter commercial service by Tuesday (May 3). “Pending approval from FERC, Sabine could begin commercial operations at Train 1,” Genscape Inc. said in a note. The facility’s first train has contracts to supply Royal Dutch Shell/BG Group, Kansai Electric Power Co., and Chubu Electric Power Co., Genscape said.