Golden Pass is a partnership of leading energy companies with a successful record of producing, shipping and marketing natural gas globally. Golden Pass includes three specific businesses located in Texas – an existing LNG import facility, an existing pipeline system and an expansion of our current facilities that will allow Golden Pass to export LNG. The Golden Pass LNG import terminal and pipeline were completed and became operational in 2010.

The Golden Pass LNG export project creates an opportunity to adapt existing energy infrastructure to meet global market demands, capturing benefits in the United States through jobs and investment and delivering an abundant energy resource to our trade partners. The project involves the construction of natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at the existing Golden Pass LNG terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. The Golden Pass expansion project would utilize the existing state-of-the-art tanks, berths and pipeline infrastructure, and add new facilities for natural gas pre-treatment and liquefaction. The new project’s estimated send-out capacity would be around 18 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year. This expansion would allow Golden Pass the flexibility to import and export natural gas.

The project would be an approximately $10 billion investment on the Gulf Coast, generating billions of dollars of economic growth at local, state and national levels and millions of dollars in taxes to local, state and federal governments. According to a study performed by The Perryman Group, Golden Pass LNG’s investment could generate approximately $34 billion in U.S. economic gains (gross product) and $5 billion in taxes for the U.S at local, state and national levels.

Project shareholders include affiliates of QatarEnergy (70%) and ExxonMobil (30%).

The expanded facility’s estimated send-out capacity would be around 18 million tons of LNG per year.

Yes, the facility is an expansion of Golden Pass LNG’s existing infrastructure. It will sit adjacent to, and be connected with, the existing terminal, and it will utilize the existing tanks, berths and pipeline infrastructure. The expansion project will leverage the existing industrial footprint, minimizing environmental and community effects.

Yes, the facility will maintain its existing import infrastructure.

Construction of the export infrastructure facility is projected to take approximately five years to complete.

Golden Pass began initial hiring activities for permanent positions in 2019 and will ramp up every year through 2023. The majority of our permanent hires are projected to occur between 2021 and 2023. We will publish additional details about the hiring process, timelines and open positions on our Work with Golden Pass page.

The project would be an approximately $10 billion investment in infrastructure on the Gulf Coast, which would generate billions of dollars of economic growth at local, state and national levels and millions of dollars in taxes to local, state and federal governments.
According to a study by The Perryman Group, Golden Pass’s investment could generate approximately $31 billion in U.S. economic gains (gross product) at local, state and national levels over the life of the project.

Golden Pass anticipates the project would support approximately 19,000 direct construction jobs over a five-year construction period, with peak construction employment reaching about 7,000 jobs.

Natural gas is converted to LNG by cooling it to -260° Fahrenheit, at which point it becomes a liquid. This process reduces the volume of natural gas by a factor of more than 600 times. This allows natural gas to be transported efficiently.

The Golden Pass LNG export project creates an opportunity to adapt existing energy infrastructure to meet global market demands, capturing benefits in the United States through jobs and investment and delivering an abundant energy resource to our trade partners. The project involves construction of natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at the existing Golden Pass LNG terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas. The Golden Pass expansion project would utilize the existing state-of-the-art tanks, berths and pipeline infrastructure, and add new facilities for natural gas pre-treatment and liquefaction. The new project’s estimated send-out capacity would be around 16 million tons of liquefied natural gas per year. This expansion would allow Golden Pass the flexibility to import and export natural gas.

The proposed project required numerous federal, state and local permits before construction and operation could begin. Federal permits must be obtained from the Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. DOE permits are required for export shipments and under the Natural Gas Act. FERC has the final authority to approve the siting of facilities for import or export of natural gas.

Golden Pass is authorized by FERC and the DOE to export to nations that have Free Trade Agreements with the United States and Non-Free Trade Agreement countries.

We wanted to ensure we were able to maintain compliance with our our FERC order. Given regulatory delays that spawned internal alignment adjustments, we effectively used roughly two of the five years granted by FERC before construction even began. We requested the extension to "reclaim” the original five-year construction window, plus roughly two years for flexibility that puts in line with other large scale LNG Projects.

These projects are incredibly complex. We also must stay in compliance with our regulators' orders. FERC has recently issued seven-year in-service orders to two companies. We made that same request to FERC to ensure maximum regulatory flexibility for our project.

Golden Pass is actively engaged in negotiating and securing long-term natural gas supply agreements for its LNG manufacturing and export facility in Sabine Pass, Texas. Golden Pass is requesting the waiver to engage in negotiations for the future purchase of natural gas from upstream affiliates as part of its portfolio.

Golden Pass LNG submitted requests to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to amend the authorized capacity for the Golden Pass LNG export facilities currently under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas, from 15.6 MTA to 18.1 MTPA. This request does not involve any equipment changes or environmental permit adjustments. Rather, the increase is driven by production efficiencies with the same equipment. FERC approved that request in January 2021.

Because the capacity increase does not involve additions or adjustments to the permitted facilities, it would not result in any construction or environmental impacts beyond those previously identified in our Final Environmental Impact Statement.

Not necessarily. Golden Pass will be buying gas from a wide-range of quality partners. This FERC waiver request would ensure Golden Pass can engage in negotiations with our upstream affiliates, thus maximizing our commercial optionality. But, that does not suggest we would purchase the rest of our gas supply from those affiliates.

No. Golden Pass entered into a binding SPA with Ocean LNG for all of the LNG volumes produced by Golden Pass prior to shareholders making an FID. See the Ocean LNG story here: https://www.lngworldnews.com/o...

Once operational, Golden Pass will be one of the largest buyers of natural gas in the United States. The company is focused on securing supply agreements to meet its anticipated demand needs of about 2.5 billion cubic feet per day. Additionally, Golden Pass has already executed contracts for firm transportation service for more than half of its needed supply and is evaluating additional supply pipeline transportation opportunities.

These are the first steps in a marathon to complete agreements for 2.5 bcf/d of long-term natural gas supply to support our LNG export facility.

No, Golden Pass will be buying gas from a wide-range of quality partners.

The COV19 crisis is dynamic and challenging. Our focus continues to be on the health and safety of our employees, our contractors and our community. Golden Pass is taking the necessary steps to ensure a safe work environment as we all work through this rapidly evolving situation. We are following our defined pandemic plan and will continue to enhance our actions based on CDC guidance.

At our construction site in Sabine Pass, Texas, efforts include:

- Personal hygiene (regular cleaning with disinfectants, frequent hand washing, healthy habits)

- Site access (restricted visitor access, temperature checks at the gate)

- Social distancing protocols (minimization of face-to-face meetings, all encouraged to meet virtually, safety briefings via radio)

- Reduced workforce density (only critical employees going on site)

- Enhanced cleaning frequency & practices (increased frequency of cleaning throughout the day, 3x/day in high traffic areas)At our office locations in Houston, Japan and Beaumont, efforts include:- Social distancing protocols (all employees working from home)

- Personal hygiene (promoting personal hygiene, reminding employees to take precautions like frequent hand washing)

- Communication (communicating with employees often to check in, reminding them of actions they can take to stay safe and keep their families safe, offering support if needed)