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Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.

For the period ended Mar 31, 2025. Filed May 8, 2025.

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Mar 31, 2025 · Filed May 8, 2025

CQP$58.70+2.3%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Overview

We are a publicly traded Delaware limited partnership formed by Cheniere. We provide clean, secure and affordable LNG to integrated energy companies, utilities and energy trading companies around the world. We aspire to conduct our business in a safe and responsible manner, delivering a reliable, competitive and integrated source of LNG to our customers.

LNG is natural gas (methane) in liquid form. The LNG we produce is shipped all over the world, converted back into natural gas (called “regasification”) and then transported via pipeline to homes and businesses and used as an energy source that is essential for heating, cooking, other industrial uses and back up for intermittent energy sources. Natural gas is a cleaner-burning, abundant and affordable source of energy. When LNG is converted back to natural gas, it can be used instead of coal, which reduces the amount of pollution traditionally produced from burning fossil fuels, like sulfur dioxide and particulate matter that enters the air we breathe. Additionally, compared to coal, it produces significantly fewer carbon emissions. By liquefying natural gas, we are able to reduce its volume by 600 times so that we can load it onto special LNG carriers designed to keep the LNG cold and in liquid form for efficient transport overseas.

We own a natural gas liquefaction and export facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana at Sabine Pass (the“Sabine Pass LNG Terminal”), one of the largest LNG production facilities in the world, with a total production capacity of approximately 30 mtpa of LNG (the“Liquefaction Project”). The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal also has five LNG storage tanks with aggregate capacity of approximately 17 Bcfe and vaporizers with regasification capacity of approximately 4 Bcf/d, as well as three marine berths, two of which can accommodate vessels with nominal capacity of up to 266,000 cubic meters and the third berth which can accommodate vessels with nominal capacity of up to 200,000 cubic meters. We also own and operate a 94-mile natural gas supply pipeline through our subsidiary, CTPL, that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal with several large interstate and intrastate pipelines (the“Creole Trail Pipeline”).

Our long-term counterparty arrangements form the foundation of our business and provide us with significant, stable, long-term cash flows, and include SPAs, in which our customers are generally required to pay a fixed fee with respect to the contracted volumes irrespective of their election to cancel or suspend deliveries of LNG cargoes, and IPM agreements, in which a gas producer sells natural gas to us on a global LNG or natural gas index price, less a fixed liquefaction fee, shipping and other costs. The SPAs also have a variable fee component, which is primarily indexed to Henry Hub and generally structured to cover the cost of natural gas purchases, transportation and liquefaction fuel consumed to produce LNG. Since we procure most of our feedstock for LNG production from the U.S., the structure of these contracts helps limit our exposure to fluctuations in U.S. natural gas prices. Through our SPAs and the IPM agreement currently in effect, with approximately 13 years of weighted average remaining life as of March 31, 2025, we have contracted approximately 80% of the total anticipated production from the Liquefaction Project, excluding volumes that are contractually subject to additional liquefaction capacity beyond what is currently in construction or operation.

Disciplined Accretive Growth

We remain focused on safety, operational excellence and customer satisfaction. Increasing demand for LNG has allowed us to expand our liquefaction infrastructure in a financially disciplined manner. Capital investment parameters are the foundation of our disciplined, accretive growth, and include consideration to:

Achieve value accretive returns through long-term commercial contracts: 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 above, with financial parameters that consider, among other things, targeted unlevered returns, project leverage and distributions.

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 ourannual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

Achieve credit accretive returns: We aim to conservatively fund our projects through financing structures that sustain our long-term, run-rate leverage and credit metrics.

Our ability to secure the required financing is influenced by market interest rates and other factors described in the risk factors of ourannual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.

We have increased available liquefaction capacity at our Liquefaction Project as a result of debottlenecking and other optimization projects. We believe these factors provide a foundation for additional growth in our portfolio of customer contracts in the future. We hold a significant land position at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal, which provides opportunity for further liquefaction capacity expansion. We are developing an expansion adjacent to the Liquefaction Project with a total production capacity of up to approximately 20 mtpa of LNG, inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities (the“SPL Expansion Project”). We have commenced commercialization to support the additional liquefaction capacity associated with the SPL Expansion Project. The development of the SPL Expansion Project requires, among other things, regulatory approvals and acceptable commercial and financing arrangements before we make a positive FID.

The following table summarizes pre-FID development efforts and certain key milestones associated with the SPL Expansion Project:

SPL Expansion Project
Expected total production capacity of LNG (1)Up to ~ 20 mtpa
Milestone
Regulatory (2)FERC authorizations:
Positive environmental assessmentPending
Order under Section 3 of NGAPending
Certification to commence construction
DOE export authorization:
FTA countriesü
Non-FTA countriesPending
FinancingFinancing (3)
Commercialization and Other ContractingDefinitive commercial agreements (4)In process
Definitive full-scope EPC contract
Critical MilestoneTarget FID (5)2026/2027

üindicates receipt of authorization, subject to ongoing conditionality

(1)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.

(2)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 project is dependent on receiving all regulatory approvals required within the respective stages. Seeour annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 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.

(3)We anticipate drawing on current committed facilities and/or incurring additional debt to finance the construction of the SPL Expansion Project, if we reach a positive FID.

(4)Liquefaction capacity partially contracted through SPA or IPM agreements conditioned on additional liquefaction capacity beyond what is currently in construction or operation.

(5)Potentially subject to phased FID. Any positive FID is subject to achievement of or consideration to relevant milestones and capital investment parameters described herein.

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