NextDecade Corporation (NextDecade) announced a volume increase of the sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with ENN LNG (Singapore) Pte Ltd (ENN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ENN Natural Gas Co., Ltd. for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project (RGLNG) in Brownsville, Texas.
Under the 20-year SPA, ENN will now purchase 2.0 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) of LNG. This is a 0.5 MTPA increase from the original 1.5 MTPA SPA announced earlier this year. All volumes of LNG are indexed to Henry Hub and will be supplied from the first three trains at RGLNG on a free-on-board basis.
NextDecade is currently targeting a positive Final Investment Decision (FID) on the first three trains of the RGLNG export project during the first quarter of 2023, with FIDs of its remaining trains to follow thereafter.
About NextDecade Corporation
NextDecade Corporation (NASDAQ: NEXT) is an energy company accelerating the path to a net-zero future. Leading innovation in more sustainable LNG and carbon capture solutions, NextDecade is committed to providing the world access to cleaner energy. Through our wholly owned subsidiaries Rio Grande LNG and NEXT Carbon Solutions, we are developing a 27 MTPA LNG export facility in South Texas along with one of the largest carbon capture and storage projects in North America. We are also working with third-party customers around the world to deploy our proprietary processes to lower the cost of carbon capture and storage and reduce CO2 emissions at their industrial-scale facilities. NextDecade’s common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol “NEXT.” NextDecade is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
About ENN Natural Gas
As one of the largest private energy companies in China, ENN Natural Gas Co., Ltd. (Stock code 600803.SH) operates over 250 city gas projects nationwide, has annual LNG distribution capacity over 10 bcm, and runs the first large-scale private LNG terminal in China -- Zhoushan LNG Terminal. Its business layout covers the entire natural gas value chain, including distribution, trading, storage and transportation, production, and engineering. Relying on industry best practice, ENN Natural Gas Co., Ltd. has built an intelligent operation platform for the natural gas industry – GreatGas.cn. It accelerates the aggregation of demand, resources, reserves, and delivery ecology of the natural gas industry, innovates and develops digital intelligence services, and promotes the digital intelligence upgrade of the natural gas industry. In 2021, ENN Natural Gas Co., Ltd.’s total natural gas sales volume was 37.2 bcm, accounting for approximately 10% of China’s total natural gas consumption.