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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000003570-25-000088"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LNG"
cik: "0000003570"
company_name: "Cheniere Energy, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T23:07:35.471655+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheniere Energy approves $5B Corpus Christi expansion; targets >60 mtpa capacity by 2028

## Summary
- Final investment decision for CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 (~5 mtpa expansion) with Bechtel EPC contract.
- Total platform run-rate capacity raised to ~60-63 mtpa, up from ~54-57 mtpa; >90% long-term contracted.
- Plans to increase quarterly dividend from $2.00 to $2.22 annualized per share (Q3 2025), a >10% hike.
- Forecasts >$25B free cash through 2030 for growth, buybacks, dividends; targets >$25/share run-rate DCF.
- Developing further expansions at Corpus Christi and Sabine Pass to potentially reach ~75 mtpa by early 2030s.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000003570-25-000088
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LNG
- cik: 0000003570
- company_name: Cheniere Energy, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-06-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357025000088/0000003570-25-000088-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/3570/000000357025000088/lng-20250617.htm

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