Cheniere Energy, Inc.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2026. Filed Oct 29, 2026.
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Sep 30, 2026 · Filed Oct 29, 2026
Contents
Definitions
As used in this quarterly report, the terms listed below have the following meanings:
Common Industry and Other Terms
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update |
|---|---|
| Bcf/d | billion cubic feet per day |
| Bcfe | billion cubic feet equivalent |
| CAMT | corporate alternative minimum tax |
| DAP | delivered at place, which requires the buyer to take delivery at one or more designated receiving terminals |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| EPC | engineering, procurement and construction |
| FASB | Financial Accounting Standards Board |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| FID | final investment decision |
| FOB | free-on-board, which requires the buyer to take delivery at seller’s export terminal |
| FTA countries | countries with which the U.S. has a free trade agreement providing for national treatment for trade in natural gas |
| GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. |
| Henry Hub | the final settlement price (in U.S. dollars per MMBtu) for the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Henry Hub natural gas futures contract for the month in which a relevant cargo’s delivery window is scheduled to begin |
| IPM agreements | integrated production marketing agreements in which the gas producer sells to us gas on a global LNG or natural gas index price, less a fixed liquefaction fee, shipping and other costs |
| LNG | liquefied natural gas, a product of natural gas that, through a refrigeration process, has been cooled to a liquid state, which occupies a volume that is approximately 1/600th of its gaseous state |
| MMBtu | million British thermal units; one British thermal unit measures the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit |
| mtpa | million tonnes per annum |
| NGA | Natural Gas Act of 1938, as amended |
| NCI | non-controlling interests |
| non-FTA countries | countries with which the U.S. does not have a free trade agreement providing for national treatment for trade in natural gas and with which trade is permitted |
| NPNS | normal purchases and normal sales, an elective scope exception available under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, which excludes qualifying physical commodity contracts from derivative accounting |
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| SPA | LNG sale and purchase agreement |
| TBtu | trillion British thermal units; one British thermal unit measures the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit |
| Train | an industrial facility comprised of a series of refrigerant compressor loops used to cool natural gas into LNG |
| TUA | terminal use agreement |
Abbreviated Legal Entity Structure
The following diagram depicts our abbreviated legal entity structure as of September 30, 2026, including our ownership of certain subsidiaries, and the references to these entities used in this quarterly report:
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Cheniere Energy, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including our publicly traded subsidiary, CQP.
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