Energy

DOE Notice on Rio Grande LNG Train 6 Export Application

🇺🇸United States··Notice·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The notice opens a public review period for Rio Grande LNG Train 6’s request to export U.S.-produced liquefied natural gas to countries that do not have free trade agreements with the United States. The company is seeking long-term approval to export about 312.05 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year from a proposed expansion near the existing Rio Grande LNG terminal in Cameron County, Texas. Energy companies, LNG buyers, environmental groups, local stakeholders, and competitors may file comments, protests, or intervention requests by August 25, 2026. The notice does not approve the exports; it starts the Department of Energy review process.

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Key Changes

  • Opens public comment on a long-term LNG export application
  • Covers proposed exports of about 312.05 billion cubic feet of natural gas per year
  • Sets an August 25, 2026 deadline for comments, protests, and intervention requests

Obligations

What this law requires

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Parties submitting protests, motions to intervene, notices of intervention, or written comments must file them with the Department of Energy by the stated deadline, following the Public Comment Procedures.

energy companiesLNG buyersenvironmental groupslocal stakeholderscompetitorsother interested parties
No later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern time on August 25, 2026
reporting

Affected Parties

Rio Grande LNG Train 6 and project partnersLNG buyers in non-free trade agreement countries+2 more…

Tags

LNG,natural gas exports,Department of Energy…