If completed, two LNG projects would add about 19 million tonnes per year (tonnes/year) of incremental LNG production capacity, and would bring the total LNG production capacity to about 60 million tonnes/year by 2025, Cheniere Energy Inc. said June 10.

By adding two liquefaction trains next to the Corpus Christi, Texas, liquefaction project site, Cheniere is developing about 9 million tonnes/year of incremental LNG production capacity. Each of these trains can handle about 4.5 million tonnes/year, which would raise the total capacity at Corpus Christi to about 22.5 million tonnes/year.

Houston-based Cheniere filed the National Environmental Policy Act pre-filing request with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and non-FTA approval requests were filed with the Department of Energy. Regulatory approvals are expected in 2017, the company said.

Parallax Enterprises LLC will partner with Cheniere to develop 10 million tonnes/year of LNG capacity through Parallax’s Live Oak LNG and Louisiana LNG projects. Live Oak is on the Calcasieu Ship Channel in southwestern Louisiana, and LLNG is about 40 miles from New Orleans on the Mississippi River. Both projects will have two liquefaction trains to handle about 2.5 million tonnes/year each. Bechtel Oil Gas & Chemicals Inc. is handling the facilities.

Charif Souki, Cheniere’s CEO, said the company wants more flexibility with contracts and sales volumes for global LNG buyers.

He said long-term contracts for Train 3 at Corpus Christi and Train 6 at Sabine Pass are underway.

The two additional projects could be under construction as early as 2017 pending approvals and final investment decision. Production could begin as early as 2021.