[1] The project is intended, when fully built out circa 2030, to process up to 4 million tonnes of natural gas annually.
[2] The United States has had a massive shift in LNG terminal planning and construction starting in 2010-2011 due to a rapid increase in US domestic natural gas supply with the widespread adoption of hydraulic fracking petroleum recovery technology.
[1] The final environmental impact statement was approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in March 2019.
[2] On 21 November 2019, U.S. regulators approved the permit for Texas LNG LLC to build the facility, following an extensive environmental review.
The second phase, with doubled capacity handling up to 600,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas per day (630,000 GJ/d), could commence operations no earlier than 2027.