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Released October 20, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--NextDecade (Houston, Texas) announced on Friday it had made a final investment decision (FID) on Train 5 at its Rio Grande LNG facility in Brownsville, Texas. The announcement comes as the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters plan to more than double North American liquefaction capacity by 2029. The U.S. is already the world's largest LNG exporter, with 15.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), according to the agency.
Train 5 has an expected LNG production capacity of approximately 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), NextDecade said, bringing the total expected LNG production capacity under construction at Rio Grande LNG to approximately 30 MTPA. The company said it issued a full notice to Bechtel (Reston, Virginia) to proceed with the project under a lump-sum, turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
Train 5 is supported by 4.5 MTPA of 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPAs) with JERA (Tokyo, Japan), EQT Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas), NextDecade said, adding it expects to complete the project in the first half of 2031.
A little more than a month earlier, NextDecade announced it made an FID on Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG, which will have a production capacity of about 6 MTPA, and is supported by 20-year sales and purchase agreements with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) (United Arab Emirates), TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
Industrial Info is tracking 11 Rio Grande LNG projects, with a total investment value of $33.1 billion. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Production project and plant databases can click here for a list of detailed project reports and click here for the plant profile.
The EIA reported last week LNG export capacity in North America is on track to increase from 11.4 Bcf/d at the beginning of 2024 to 28.7 Bcf/d in 2029, if projects currently under construction begin operations as planned. This includes an additional 13.9 Bcf/d from U.S. liquefaction facilities, 2.5 Bcf/d from Canada and 0.6 Bcf/d from Mexico.
Click on the image at right for an EIA map showing the location of existing and under-construction North American LNG export facilities.
In all, North American export capacity additions will total more than 50% of expected global additions through 2029, according to the International Energy Agency. Some industry observers have questioned whether the growth in global LNG capacity could lead to a market glut. For related information, see October 9, 2025, article - Commonwealth LNG's Request Might Point to LNG Headwinds.
The EIA noted that in the U.S., the planned liquefaction capacity additions will be concentrated around the U.S. Gulf Coast, but added that pipeline construction delays remain a supply risk for new terminals. The agency said that five additional LNG export projects (not counting Rio Grande LNG's Train 5) have reached FIDs. Also, the developers of the Texas LNG facility, located in the Port of Brownsville, are targeting an FID by the end of the year. Subscribers can click here for a list of detailed reports for projects related to Texas LNG.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
Train 5 has an expected LNG production capacity of approximately 6 million tonnes per annum (MTPA), NextDecade said, bringing the total expected LNG production capacity under construction at Rio Grande LNG to approximately 30 MTPA. The company said it issued a full notice to Bechtel (Reston, Virginia) to proceed with the project under a lump-sum, turnkey engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract.
Train 5 is supported by 4.5 MTPA of 20-year LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPAs) with JERA (Tokyo, Japan), EQT Corporation (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) and ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas), NextDecade said, adding it expects to complete the project in the first half of 2031.
A little more than a month earlier, NextDecade announced it made an FID on Train 4 at Rio Grande LNG, which will have a production capacity of about 6 MTPA, and is supported by 20-year sales and purchase agreements with Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) (United Arab Emirates), TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France) and Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
Industrial Info is tracking 11 Rio Grande LNG projects, with a total investment value of $33.1 billion. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Oil & Gas Production project and plant databases can click here for a list of detailed project reports and click here for the plant profile.
The EIA reported last week LNG export capacity in North America is on track to increase from 11.4 Bcf/d at the beginning of 2024 to 28.7 Bcf/d in 2029, if projects currently under construction begin operations as planned. This includes an additional 13.9 Bcf/d from U.S. liquefaction facilities, 2.5 Bcf/d from Canada and 0.6 Bcf/d from Mexico.
In all, North American export capacity additions will total more than 50% of expected global additions through 2029, according to the International Energy Agency. Some industry observers have questioned whether the growth in global LNG capacity could lead to a market glut. For related information, see October 9, 2025, article - Commonwealth LNG's Request Might Point to LNG Headwinds.
The EIA noted that in the U.S., the planned liquefaction capacity additions will be concentrated around the U.S. Gulf Coast, but added that pipeline construction delays remain a supply risk for new terminals. The agency said that five additional LNG export projects (not counting Rio Grande LNG's Train 5) have reached FIDs. Also, the developers of the Texas LNG facility, located in the Port of Brownsville, are targeting an FID by the end of the year. Subscribers can click here for a list of detailed reports for projects related to Texas LNG.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 Trillion (USD).
