Updated Oct. 30, 2025
Cheniere announced that Substantial Completion of Train 3 of the CCL Stage 3 Project has been achieved, as the expansion continues to progress ahead of schedule and on budget. The milestone was achieved Oct. 24, when Cheniere took care, custody and control of the train from Bechtel, the company’s engineering, procurement and construction contractor.
“I’m very proud of the progress we have made – and continue to make – executing on all phases of this project, as total project completion on Stage 3 reached over 90% last month,” said Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s President and CEO. “Together with Bechtel, we are achieving construction and commissioning milestones with the benefit of lessons learned on the first trains of the project.”
Train 3 went from first LNG to Substantial Completion in just 38 days, Fusco said. That’s roughly half the time it took for Train 1 to achieve the feat.
Cheniere achieved first LNG at Train 4 in November, with Substantial Completion expected around the end of the year. Cheniere continues to expect Trains 5-7 to be completed throughout 2026, when we expect to produce a record 51 - 53 mtpa of LNG.