Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) (NYSE: LNG) today announced its financial results for the second quarter 2025.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

Financial

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, Cheniere generated revenues of approximately $4.6 billion and $10.1 billion, net income1 of approximately $1.6 billion and $2.0 billion, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 of approximately $1.4 billion and $3.3 billion, and Distributable Cash Flow2 of approximately $0.9 billion and $2.2 billion, respectively.
Tightening full year 2025 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 guidance from $6.5 billion – $7.0 billion to $6.6 billion – $7.0 billion and raising and tightening full year 2025 Distributable Cash Flow2 guidance from $4.1 billion – $4.6 billion to $4.4 billion – $4.8 billion.

Capital Allocation

Pursuant to Cheniere’s comprehensive capital allocation plan, Cheniere deployed approximately $1.3 billion and $2.6 billion towards accretive growth, balance sheet management and shareholder returns in the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, Cheniere repurchased an aggregate of approximately 1.4 million and 3.0 million shares of common stock for approximately $306 million and $656 million, respectively, paid quarterly dividends of $0.500 and $1.000 per share of common stock, totaling approximately $111 million and $223 million, respectively, and in the six months ended June 30, 2025, Cheniere repaid $300 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness.
In June 2025, Cheniere announced updates to its long-term company outlook, including an over 10% increase to its run-rate liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) production forecast, inclusive of the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project (defined below) and debottlenecking. Cheniere also increased and extended its committed capital allocation targets, designed to maintain investment grade credit metrics through cycles, further return capital to shareholders, and continue to invest in accretive growth, as the Company expects to generate over $25 billion of available cash3 through 2030 to reach over $25 per share of run-rate Distributable Cash Flow2.
In June 2025, Cheniere declared a dividend with respect to the second quarter 2025 of $0.500 per share of common stock, which is payable on August 18, 2025.
In June 2025, Cheniere announced, subject to declaration by its Board of Directors, an increase to its quarterly dividend by over 10% from $2.00 to $2.22 per common share annualized, commencing with the third quarter of 2025.

Growth

In June 2025, Cheniere made a positive Final Investment Decision (“FID”) with respect to the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project and issued full notice to proceed to Bechtel Energy, Inc. (“Bechtel”) effective June 18, 2025.
In June 2025, LNG was produced for the first time from the second train (“Train 2”) of the CCL Stage 3 Project (defined below), and on August 6, 2025, substantial completion of Train 2 was achieved.
In June 2025, certain subsidiaries of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”) (NYSE: CQP) updated the SPL Expansion Project’s (defined below) application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) to reflect a two-phased project, inclusive of three liquefaction trains and supporting infrastructure, maintaining an expected total peak production capacity of up to approximately 20 million tonnes per annum (“mtpa”) of LNG, inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities.
In July 2025, certain subsidiaries of Cheniere initiated the pre-filing review process with the FERC under the National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) for the CCL Stage 4 Expansion Project (defined below).

Commercial

In May 2025, Cheniere Marketing, LLC (“Cheniere Marketing”) entered into a long-term Integrated Production Marketing (“IPM”) gas supply agreement with a subsidiary of Canadian Natural Resources Limited to purchase 140,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas at a price based on the Platts Japan Korea Marker (“JKM”) less fixed LNG shipping costs and a fixed liquefaction fee for a term of 15 years, which is expected to commence in 2030. The LNG associated with this gas supply, approximately 0.85 mtpa, will be marketed by Cheniere Marketing.
In August 2025, Cheniere Marketing entered into a long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with JERA Co., Inc. (“JERA”), under which JERA has agreed to purchase approximately 1.0 mtpa of LNG from Cheniere Marketing on a free-on-board basis from 2029 through 2050. The purchase price for LNG under the SPA is indexed to the Henry Hub price, plus a fixed liquefaction fee.

CEO COMMENT

“The second quarter of 2025 marked another outstanding quarter for Cheniere, as our team demonstrated its ability to execute safely, reliably and strategically throughout our business, highlighted by the positive FID of the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project and the successful completion of our large-scale planned maintenance turnaround at Sabine Pass,” said Jack Fusco, Cheniere’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our strong financial and operational results year-to-date, coupled with our constructive outlook and visibility for the remainder of the year, have enabled us to tighten our full year 2025 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow guidance ranges. For the remainder of the year, we are focused on growing our brownfield platform, bringing online new capacity at Corpus Christi ahead of schedule and on budget, and delivering results within our upwardly revised guidance ranges.”

Net income1 increased approximately $746 million and $597 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, as compared to the corresponding 2024 periods. The increases were primarily attributable to approximately $873 million and $596 million of favorable variances related to changes in fair value of our derivative instruments, including the impact of derivative instruments related to our long-term Integrated Production Marketing (“IPM”) agreements (before tax and non-controlling interests) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, as compared to the corresponding 2024 periods. The increases were partially offset by higher provisions for income tax during both periods.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA2 increased approximately $94 million and $193 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, as compared to the corresponding 2024 periods. The increases were primarily due to higher total margins per MMBtu of LNG delivered during the 2025 periods as compared to the corresponding 2024 periods. The increases were partially offset by higher operating expenses related to planned maintenance activities at both the SPL Project (defined below) and CCL Project (defined below), as well as new capacity from the CCL Stage 3 Project, during the three months ended June 30, 2025, in addition to lower contributions from certain optimization activities related to our vessel charter portfolio during both periods.

Share-based compensation expenses included in net income totaled $49 million and $105 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, respectively, compared to $52 million and $92 million for the corresponding 2024 periods.
Our financial results are reported on a consolidated basis. Our ownership interest in Cheniere Partners as of June 30, 2025 consisted of 100% ownership of the general partner and a 48.6% limited partner interest.

BALANCE SHEET MANAGEMENT

Capital Resources

The table below provides a summary of our available liquidity (in millions) as of June 30, 2025:

Recent Key Financial Transactions and Updates

In July 2025, Cheniere Partners issued $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 5.550% Senior Notes due 2035, and the net proceeds, together with cash on hand, were used to redeem $1.0 billion of the aggregate principal amount of SPL’s 5.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2026.

In August 2025, the $1.25 billion Cheniere Revolving Credit Facility was amended and restated to extend its maturity into 2030, reduce the rate of interest and commitment fees applicable thereunder, and make certain other changes to its terms and conditions.
During the six months ended June 30, 2025, SPL repaid the remaining $300 million in principal amount of its 5.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 with cash on hand.

LIQUEFACTION PROJECTS OVERVIEW

SPL Project
Through Cheniere Partners, we operate liquefaction and export facilities with a total production capacity of over 30 mtpa of LNG at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the “SPL Project”).

SPL Expansion Project
Through Cheniere Partners, we are developing an expansion adjacent to the SPL Project with an expected total peak production capacity of up to approximately 20 mtpa of LNG (the “SPL Expansion Project”), inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities. In February 2024, certain subsidiaries of Cheniere Partners submitted an application to the FERC for authorization to site, construct, and operate the SPL Expansion Project, as well as an application to the Department of Energy (“DOE”) requesting authorization to export LNG to Free-Trade Agreement (“FTA”) and non-FTA countries, both of which applications exclude debottlenecking. In October 2024, we received authorization from the DOE to export LNG to FTA countries.

In June 2025, the SPL Expansion Project’s FERC application was updated to reflect a two-phased project, inclusive of three liquefaction trains and supporting infrastructure, maintaining an expected total peak production capacity of up to approximately 20 mtpa of LNG, inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities.

CCL Project
We operate liquefaction and export facilities with a total production capacity of over 18 mtpa of LNG at the Corpus Christi LNG terminal near Corpus Christi, Texas (the “CCL Project”), inclusive of Trains 1 and 2 of the CCL Stage 3 Project.

CCL Stage 3 Project
We are constructing an expansion adjacent to the CCL Project consisting of seven midscale Trains with an expected total production capacity of over 10 mtpa of LNG (the “CCL Stage 3 Project”), including approximately 3 mtpa in operation and over 7 mtpa under construction. Substantial Completion was achieved for the first train of the CCL Stage 3 Project in March 2025, and substantial completion of Train 2 was achieved in August 2025.

CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project
We are constructing an expansion adjacent to the CCL Stage 3 Project consisting of two additional midscale Trains with an expected total production capacity of approximately 5 mtpa of LNG (the “CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project”), inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities. In June 2025, our Board of Directors made a positive FID with respect to the CCL Midscale Trains 8 & 9 Project and debottlenecking, and full notice to proceed was issued to Bechtel effective June 18, 2025.

CCL Stage 4 Expansion Project
We are developing an expansion adjacent to the CCL Project with an expected total peak production capacity of up to approximately 24 mtpa of LNG, inclusive of estimated debottlenecking opportunities (the “CCL Stage 4 Expansion Project”). In July 2025, certain of our subsidiaries initiated the pre-filing review process with the FERC with respect to the CCL Stage 4 Expansion Project.

Source: Cheniere