U.S. Grants Export Permission for Phase II of Sempra's Port Arthur LNG Project

June 2, 2025--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Late last week, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced it had given permission for Phase II of Sempra Energy's (San Diego, California) liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Port Arthur, Texas, to export LNG to countries without a free trade agreement with the U.S. While the administration has given conditional approval for such exports to a handful of U.S. LNG projects in development, the Port Arthur approval marks the first final approval granted under U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright and paves the way for Sempra to make a final investment decision (FID) on the project. Phase II of the project will add two production trains to the two that are now under construction at the facility.