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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001383650-26-000019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CQP"
cik: "0001383650"
company_name: "Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P."
filed_at: "2026-05-28T12:35:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T13:03:23.584519+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cheniere Partners signs $4.69B EPC contract with Bechtel for Sabine Pass Stage V Phase 1, issues limited NTP

## Summary
- EPC contract with Bechtel for Phase 1 of SPL Expansion Project: Train 7 + BOGR, total ~$4.69B lump sum turnkey.
- Phase 1 expected peak production >6 mtpa LNG; project underpinned by long-term agreements with creditworthy counterparties.
- Limited notice to proceed issued for early engineering and procurement; FID expected by early 2027 pending FERC/DOE approvals.
- Amendments to Management Services and O&M agreements updated scope for construction of additional liquefaction trains.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001383650-26-000019
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CQP
- cik: 0001383650
- company_name: Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
- filed_at: 2026-05-28T12:35:24+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383650/000138365026000019/0001383650-26-000019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1383650/000138365026000019/cqp-20260522.htm

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