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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000003570-25-000045
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250425

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Cheniere Energy, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000003570
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION [4924]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				954352386
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		845 TEXAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1250
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7133755000

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		STREET 1:		845 TEXAS AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1250
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77002

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CHENIERE ENERGY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960827

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BEXY COMMUNICATIONS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940314

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ALL AMERICAN GROUP OF DELAWARE INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19931004
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i43bd95f7bd804f3dbc946dfad0a2a3fd_90"></div><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-top:4pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:4pt"><img alt="image.jpg" src="image.jpg" style="height:182px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:1px"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.553%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:28.944%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:50.170%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.586%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:2pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;</font><img alt="image_21.jpg" src="image_21.jpg" style="height:24px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:87px"></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cheniere Energy, Inc.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">April 25, 2025</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">845 Texas Avenue, Suite 1250</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Houston, TX 77002</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:5.3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Phone&#58; (713) 375-5000</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:5.3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Fax&#58; (713) 375-6000</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:5.3pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Cheniere.com</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%"><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">VIA EDGAR</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Office of Energy &#38; Transportation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Washington, D.C. 20549-3561</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Attention&#58; Ms. Lily Dang and Mr. Gus Rodriguez</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.852%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:4.852%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:86.996%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Re&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cheniere Energy, Inc.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2024</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1.37pt 2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Filed February 20, 2025</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1.37pt 2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">File No. 001-16383</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Dear Ms. Dang and Mr. Rodriguez&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Set forth below are the responses of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Cheniere</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">we</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">us</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;, &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">our</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;, or the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;), a Delaware corporation, to the comments received from the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Staff</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission by letter dated April 11, 2025, with respect to our Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2024, as filed on February 20, 2025 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">10-K</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;) (File No. 001-16383). For the Staff&#8217;s convenience, our response is preceded by the text of the Staff&#8217;s corresponding comment in bold, italicized text. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this letter are intended to have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the 10-K.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2024</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Business and Properties, page 5</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">1)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;padding-left:9.67pt">We note your disclosures on pages 6 and 60 regarding expansion projects for additional liquefaction capacity at your SPL Project and CCL Project, indicating that you have begun commercialization, although also indicating development of these and other projects, including infrastructure projects, depend on obtaining acceptable commercial and financing arrangements before a final investment decision (FID) can be made. We also note that you have various disclosures regarding the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project, including the status and risks of possible cost overruns, as appear on pages 7, 22 and 44, although without the associated financial details. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:41.04pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Please expand your disclosures within MD&#38;A to discuss the estimated costs of the projects, timeframes necessary to complete the projects and to assess viability for those on which an FID has not occurred. Please discuss the current status of each material project, stages within the projects, extent to which financing has been secured, nature of activities yet to complete, and implications of any material uncertainties to comply with Item 303(a) and (b)(1) of Regulation S-K.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Response</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#58;  We respectfully acknowledge the Staff&#8217;s comment and advise the Staff that the Company&#8217;s long-term capital allocation plan is designed to invest in accretive organic growth, subject to disciplined capital investment parameters. Final investment decisions (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">FID</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;) on growth projects contemplate a project&#8217;s technical and economic viability, including consideration to the receipt of necessary authorizations and permits&#59; the anticipated availability of liquidity and capital resources to construct, commission, and operate the project&#59; technical feasibility and risk-based assessment of the project&#59; and financial viability of the project based on securing the necessary commercial contracts to underpin investment and long-term value creation for our shareholders and other stakeholders. FID is ultimately overseen by our Board of Directors to ensure decisions align with the Company's strategic goals and shareholder value, with pre-FID project development lifecycles and post-FID construction each representing a multi-year assessment and execution process by the Company.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Responsive to the Staff&#8217;s comment, in future filings, we intend to consolidate and clarify disclosure regarding the status of defined projects under development for which an FID has not yet been made as follows (</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">with the underlined text marking new or consolidated existing disclosure</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">)&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:13.5pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Disciplined Accretive Growth</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:27.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Our capital allocation plan is designed, in part, to invest in financially disciplined growth accretive to our common stock.  Capital investment parameters are the foundation of our disciplined, accretive growth, and include consideration to&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt;text-decoration:underline">Achieving value accretive returns through long-term commercial contracts&#58; We aim to contract approximately 80-90% of our current and planned liquefaction capacity under long-term SPAs and IPM agreements with creditworthy counterparties under the pricing structures described in &#91;Overview&#93;, with targeted unlevered returns that exceed our cost of equity and return on stock at prevailing stock prices. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Our success in securing long-term commercial contracts at desired returns is influenced by global LNG and natural gas market conditions and other uncertainties described in the risk factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8226;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;padding-left:14.5pt;text-decoration:underline">Achieving credit accretive returns&#58; We aim to conservatively fund our projects through financing structures that sustain our long-term, run-rate leverage and credit metrics. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Our ability to secure the required financing is influenced by market interest rates and other factors described in the risk factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">The Company is currently developing expansions adjacent to the CCL Project and SPL Project, with an expected production capacity of approximately 3 mtpa of LNG (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">CCL Midscale Trains 8 &#38; 9 Project</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">&#8221;) and total production capacity of up to approximately 20 mtpa of LNG, inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">SPL Expansion Project</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">&#8221;), respectively. The development of such projects requires, among other things, regulatory approvals and acceptable commercial and financing arrangements before we make a positive FID. Risks associated with cost overruns and delays in the completion of our expansion projects, including the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project, are described in the risk factors of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:54pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:41.04pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">2</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">The following summarizes pre-FID development efforts and certain key milestones associated with the CCL Midscale Trains 8 &#38; 9 Project and SPL Expansion Project&#58;</font></div><div style="padding-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:27pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:16.757%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.102%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.370%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.371%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">CCL Midscale </font></div><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Trains 8 &#38; 9 Project</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">SPL Expansion </font></div><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Project</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Expected total production capacity of LNG </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;position:relative;text-decoration:underline;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(1)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">&#126; 3 mtpa</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;border-top:0.75pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Up to &#126; 20 mtpa</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Milestone</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Regulatory </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;position:relative;text-decoration:underline;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(2)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">FERC authorizations&#58;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Positive environmental assessment</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#252;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Pending</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Order under Section 3 of NGA</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:1.38pt;padding-right:1.38pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#252;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Pending</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Certification to commence construction</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">DOE export authorization&#58;</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font 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style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Non-FTA countries</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Pending</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Pending</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Financing</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Financing </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;position:relative;text-decoration:underline;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(3)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Commercialization</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Definitive commercial agreements </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;position:relative;text-decoration:underline;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(4)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">In process</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">In process</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Definitive full-scope EPC contract</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Critical Milestone</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Target FID </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:5.85pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;position:relative;text-decoration:underline;top:-3.15pt;vertical-align:baseline">(5)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">2025</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="padding-left:2.77pt;padding-right:2.77pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">2026&#47;2027</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:19.791%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:3pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">     </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#252;</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline"> indicates receipt of authorization, subject to ongoing conditionality</font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(1)</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;padding-left:6.34pt;text-decoration:underline">Anticipated based on capacity, scale, location and infrastructure. Subject to regulatory review and approval and may change based on design considerations, engagement with contractors, and other factors. Subject to adjustment for planned maintenance, production reliability, potential overdesign and debottlenecking opportunities.</font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(2)</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;padding-left:6.34pt;text-decoration:underline">Our activities, including our expansion activities, are highly regulated, and require regulatory approvals at various stages, including approvals of the FERC and DOE under Sections 3 and 7 of the NGA, as well as several other material governmental and regulatory approvals and permits. The progression of our expansion projects is dependent on receiving all regulatory approvals required within the respective stages. See </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline"> for further discussion of the regulations under federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations and laws to which we are subject and associated risks factors relating to regulations.</font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(3)</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;padding-left:6.34pt;text-decoration:underline">We anticipate drawing on current committed facilities and&#47;or incurring additional debt to finance the construction of the CCL Midscale Trains 8 &#38; 9 Project and the SPL Expansion Project, if we reach a positive FID.</font></div><div style="padding-left:67.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(4)</font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;padding-left:6.34pt;text-decoration:underline">Liquefaction capacity and natural gas supply partially contracted by Cheniere Marketing and SPL Stage V through SPA or IPM agreements conditioned on additional liquefaction capacity beyond what is currently in construction or operation. 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Any positive FID is subject to achievement of or consideration to relevant milestones and capital investment parameters described herein.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">We believe such disclosure consolidates decision-useful information for stakeholders while conforming to requirements set forth in Item 303(a) and (b)(1) of Regulation S-K.</font></div><div style="height:41.04pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">3</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:54pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">We acknowledge the Staff&#8217;s request for expansion of the disclosures within MD&#38;A to include the estimated costs of the projects. As we have not yet executed a full-scope engineering, procurement and construction (&#8220;EPC&#8221;) contract for either the CCL Midscale Trains 8 &#38; 9 Project or SPL Expansion Project, we respectfully submit, pursuant to Item 303(b)(1) of Regulation S-K, that the Company has no material cash </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">requirements</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%"> for disclosure. In addition, we are currently not positioned to provide a meaningful, accurate, and reliable estimate as to the terms and conditions of any potential agreements and the estimated costs. Subject to execution of an EPC contract, consistent with our historic disclosure, we intend to disclose such contractual commitment.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">As set forth on pages 7, 22 and 44 of the 10-K, we have disclosed both the status and risk of possible cost overruns with respect to the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project, in which a positive FID was reached in 2022, and construction efforts are ongoing. We have entered into a fixed price, lump sum turnkey contract for engineering, procurement, and construction of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project, </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">in which our contractor charges a fixed price and primarily bears project cost, schedule, and performance risks unless certain specified events under our direction or control occur that require our contractor to cause us to enter into a change order, or we agree with our contractor to a change order. Such fixed price structures limit our exposure to future price volatility, particularly to commodity prices and direct labor costs. As disclosed on page 22 of the 10-K, historically we have not experienced cost overruns or construction delays that have had a significant adverse impact on our operations for our existing infrastructure investment, including in conjunction with the ultimate achievement of substantial completion of the first train of the Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project in March 2025. In addition, we have not identified likely cost overruns across the remaining Corpus Christi Stage 3 Project infrastructure currently under construction. However, factors giving rise to cost overruns or construction delays in the future may be outside of our control and could have a material adverse effect on our current or future business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity, and prospects, as we have disclosed on page 22 of the 10-K. Pursuant to disclosure requirements set forth in </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Financial Accounting Standards Board (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">FASB</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;) Accounting Standards Codification (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">ASC</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#8221;) 440-10-50 and Items 105, 303(a), and 303(b)(1) of Regulation S-K, we have disclosed potential risk factors associated with future spend (pages 18-19 of the 10-K) and construction activities (page 23 of the 10-K), while also discussing (i) construction status (pages 8 and 44 of the 10-K), (ii) material uses of cash for construction-related activities (pages 44 and 47 of the 10-K), (iii) remaining contractual or known commitments (pages 43 and 91 of the 10-K), and (iv) available liquidity to support construction-related activities (pages 40, 43, and 79-80 of the 10-K).</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Note 2 &#8211; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, page 60</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Revenue Recognition, page 61</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">2)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%;padding-left:9.67pt">We note that you mention principal versus agent considerations in your revenue recognition accounting policy on page 62 and the gross versus net reporting conventions that are correlated with your assessments, although it is unclear whether you have any material recurring transactions where your role is limited or unclear.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">Please clarify the extent to which you have material arrangements that are being reported on a net basis, or on a gross basis and that involve significant judgment in making a determination, based on the guidance in FASB ASC 606-10-55-36 to 55-40, and if so please identify and discuss the subjective areas of application, and how these types of arrangements were considered in formulating your disaggregated revenue disclosure based on the guidance in FASB ASC 606-10-50-5.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Response</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#58; 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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Revenue Recognition) in the 10-K that &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">we assess whether we are the principal or the agent in the arrangement. Arrangements where we have concluded that we act as a principal are presented within our&#160;Consolidated Statements of Operations&#160;on a gross basis, and arrangements where we have concluded that we act as an agent are presented within our&#160;Consolidated Statements of Operations&#160;on a net basis</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">.&#8221;</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Pursuant to the requirements set forth in FASB ASC 235-10-50-3 and in conformity with FASB ASC 606-10-55-36 through -55-40, the intent of our disclosure was to describe the accounting principles applied by the Company rather than limit solely to the material judgments as to the appropriateness of principles relating to recognition of revenue.</font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">However, responsive to the Staff&#8217;s comment, we intend to modify prospective disclosure to clarify the absence or extent of material arrangements reported on a net basis, with conforming disclosure changes to the extent of material arrangements reported on a net basis or significant judgments thereto. </font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">We hope that the foregoing has been responsive to the Staff&#8217;s comments, and we appreciate your assistance in our compliance with applicable disclosure requirements and in enhancing the overall disclosures in our filings. Should you have any questions or comments regarding our response, please feel free to contact me at (713) 375-5712.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:242pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:52.083%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:2pt;margin-top:12pt;padding-left:0.37pt;padding-right:-0.63pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Sincerely,</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; David Slack</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">David Slack</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer</font></td></tr><tr style="height:10pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:16pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:16pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:3pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:3pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:51.934%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.513%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:84.287%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1.37pt 2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">cc&#58;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1.37pt 2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Jack A. Fusco, Cheniere Energy, Inc.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Zach Davis, Cheniere Energy, Inc.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Sean Markowitz, Cheniere Energy, Inc.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">George J. 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