Developers of the Cameron LNG expansion project in southwestern Louisiana are asking the Department of Energy for nearly seven more years to start gas exports.
In a notice set to be published Tuesday, DOE said Cameron LNG wants to amend an existing authorization in a few ways — such as delaying the deadline to begin commercial exports of liquefied natural gas to countries without a U.S. free trade agreement from May 2026 to March 2033.
The expansion of the Cameron LNG facility, located outside Hackberry, Louisiana, is part of a wave of gas export projects underway in Texas and the Bayou State. The region’s facilities are a major reason why North America’s LNG export capacity could more than double by 2029.
The United States exported more than 450 billion cubic feet of LNG in August, DOE said in a report last month. That was a 4 percent increase from the month before and a 24 percent jump from the same month last year.
