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Change in Control (or Transfer) of Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas

Change in Control (or Transfer) of Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas

Applications for Change or Transfer of Control of Authorizations to Import or Export Natural Gas

Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management

November 14, 2025
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Overview:

Under DOE's regulations, applications to import or export natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (LNG), into or from the United States must identify "all the participants in the transaction, including the parent company, if any, and identification of any corporate or other affiliations among the participants." 10 C.F.R. § 590.202(b)(3). Either before or after DOE issues a final authorization, however, the ownership or management of the entity may change hands, resulting in a change in control (CIC).

Please see DOE's Procedures for Changes in Control Affecting Applications and Authorizations To Import or Export Natural Gas, 79 Fed. Reg. 65,541 (Nov. 5, 2014) (Procedures), for the regulations and procedures that apply depending on whether an applicant or an authorization holder undergoes a change in control.

As set forth in the Procedures, DOE construes a change in control to mean a change, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management or policies of an entity whether such power is exercised through one or more intermediary companies or pursuant to an agreement, written or oral, and whether such power is established through ownership or voting of securities, or common directors, officers, or stockholders, or voting trusts, holding trusts, or debt holdings, or contract, or any other direct or indirect means. A rebuttable presumption that control exists will arise from the ownership or the power to vote, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting securities of such entity. See id. at 65,542.

In 2019, DOE further explained that the Procedures pertain to "external transfers or assignments, not purely internal corporate reorganizations"-such as those involving a "reshuffling of wholly-owned subsidiaries within the same parent organization." See DOE's Response to Port Arthur LNG's Notice of Internal Corporate Reorganization, Docket Nos. 15-53-LNG, 18-162-LNG, and 15-96-LNG (Apr. 11, 2019).

For questions pertaining to DOE's change in control procedures, please contact the Division of Natural Gas Regulation at [email protected].

Service Requirement:

Any applicant or authorization holder submitting a change in control filing to DOE's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) must comply with DOE's service requirements, set forth in 10 C.F.R. § 590.107. This includes serving a copy of the filing on all parties on the official service list for the applicable docket(s).

CIC Proceedings:

Applications submitted to FECM requesting a change in control, and FECM's responses to date, are listed below in chronological order.

No. DOCKET NO. AUTHORIZATION HOLDER DATE SUBMITTED DOE RESPONSE
1. 14-001-CIC,
11-145-LNG,
11-162-LNG 		Cameron LNG, LLC 02/12/2014
04/02/2014 		Order 3452 - Approving Change In Control of Export Authorizations
2. 14-003-CIC, 12-174-LNG
14-002-CIC, 12-184-LNG 		Pangea LNG (North America) Holdings, LLC 03/31/2014
03/31/2014 		Notice of Corporate Reorganization of Change in Control and Amendment of Pending Application to Export LNG to Non-free Trade Agreement Countries to Reflect Name Change to NextDecade Partners, LLC
3. 14-004-CIC; 13-140-LNG Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC 07/03/2014 Order 3464 Approving Change in Control to Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC (FTANs)
4. 14-005-CIC; 10-160-LNG; 10-161-LNG, 11-161-LNG and 12-06-LNG Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., FLNG Liquefaction, LLC, FLNG Liquefaction 2, LLC and FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC 07/03/2014 Order 3495 - Approving Change in Control of Export Authorizations FE Dkts. 10-161-LNG; 10-160-LNG; 11-161-LNG; and 12-06-LNG
5. 13-69-LNG and
14-88-LNG 		Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC (formerly Venture Global LNG, LLC) 09/22/2014 Notice of Corporate Reorganization or Change in Control and Amendment for Pending Applications to Export LNG to Free Trade Agreement Countries

Notice of Corporate Reorganization or Change in Control and Amendment for Pending Applications to Export LNG to Non-free Trade Agreement Countries
6. 14-19-LNG and 14-29-LNG Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC (acquisition by Parallax Enterprises (NOLA) LLC) 05/21/2015
10/02/2015
 Notice of Corporate Reorganization or Change in Control and Amendment of Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Free Trade Agreement Countries.

Notice of Corporate Reorganization or Change in Control and Amendment of Authorization to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Non-free Trade Agreement Countries.

Order Correcting Change in Control and Amendment Reflecting Louisiana LNG Energy, LLC as Authorization Holder

Order Correcting Notice of Corporate Reorganization or CIC and Amendment of Authorization
7. 14-179-LNG Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. 12/18/2015 Response to Erik J.A. Swenson Granting Pieridae's CIC Request of December 18, 2015
8. 12-152-LNG and 13-153-LNG Commonwealth LNG, LLC (formerly Waller LNG Services, LLC (d/b/a Waller Point LNG) 12/23/2015 Notice of Corporate Reorganization or Change in Control and Corporate Name Change Amending DOE/FE Order No. 3211 Pending NFTA Application in FE Docket No. 13-153-LNG
9. 10-85-LNG; 10-111-LNG; 12-97-LNG; 12-99-LNG; 13-30-LNG; 13-42-LNG; 13-121-LNG; 14-31-LNG; 14-92-LNG; 14-186-NG; 15-63-LNG; 15-97-LNG and 15-171-LNG Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, Cheniere Marketing, LLC, and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC 01/15/2016 Letter Regarding Change in Control

Updated Letter Regarding Change in Control

10.

11-59-LNG; 03-76-LNG; 04-39-LNG; 05-114-LNG, 06-03-LNG; 06-04-LNG; 06-086-LNG and 08--64-LNG Lake Charles Exports, LLC and BG LNG Services, LLC 02/17/2016 Response and Acceptance to Statement of Change in Control Notification of 2/17/16

Errata to 7/26/16 Response to CIC Letter Correcting Docket No. from FE Dkt. No. 06-08-LNG to 06-06-LNG
11. 15-62-LNG Texas LNG Brownsville LLC 02/18/2016 Letter to Applicant Approving Request for Change in Control

12.

14-005-CIC; 10-160-LNG; 10-161-LNG, 11-161-LNG and 12-06-LNG Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., FLNG Liquefaction, LLC, FLNG Liquefaction 2, LLC and FLNG Liquefaction 3, LLC 03/02/2016 Letter Approving the Change in Control as to Previously Issued NFTA LNG Export Authorizations.

13.

13-26-LNG Main Pass LMC AS (MPEH LLC) (formerly Freeport-McMoRan LLC) 09/29/2016
11/15/2016 		Letter to John S. Decker Responding to Change in Control Request Letters Submitted to the Department on September 29, 2016 and November 15, 2016 to Grant Transfer of FME to MPEH LLC
14. 14-63-CNG Pentagon Energy, L.L.C. (formerly Wentworth Gas Marketing LLC) 01/25/2017 Response Statement Granting Request for Change in Control
15. 16-144-LNG Driftwood LNG LLC 02/17/2017 Statement and Notice of Change in Control
16. 14-179-LNG Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. 05/22/2017
11/01/2017 		Statement Regarding Change in Control
17. 12-183-LNG; 13-131-LNG; 13-132-LNG Magnolia LNG, LLC 07/20/2017 Letter in Response to 07/20/17 Amending Description of Equity Commitment
18. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC 08/23/2017 Response to CIC Request for Change in Ownership and Notice of Amendment
19. 10-85-LNG; 10-111-LNG; 13-30-LNG; 13-42-LNG; 13-121-LNG; 14-92-LNG; 15-63-LNG; 16-197-LNG and 17-161-LNG Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC 12/19/2017 Response to 12/19/17 CIC Notification
20. 14-209-LNG and 15-19-LNG American LNG Marketing, LLC 01/09/2018 Response to Change in Control Request Submitted January 9, 2018
21. 11-127-LNG and 12-32-LNG Jordan Cove Energy Project L.P. 02/06/2018 Response to Change in Control Request

22.

11-145-LNG; 11-162-LNG; 14-204-LNG; 15-36-LNG; 15-67-LNG; 15-90-LNG Cameron LNG, LLC 03/23/2018 Letter in Response to March 23, 2018 Notifying the Department to the CIC on behalf of Cameron LNG, LLC

Letter Granting Proposed Change in Control Immediately
23. 15-53-LNG and 15-96-LNG Port Arthur LNG, LLC 03/30/2018
24. 11-145-LNG; 11-162-LNG; 14-204-LNG; 15-36-LNG; 15-67-LNG; 15-90-LNG; 16-34-LNG Cameron LNG, LLC 03/30/2018

25.

13-129-LNG and 13-147-LNG Delfin LNG, LLC. 07/11/2018 Response to Request for Change in Control

Letter Granting Request for CIC
26. 14-179-LNG Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. 08/31/2018 Granting CIC Request for Long-Term Authorization
27. 13-140-LNG; 19-34-LNG Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC 11/16/2018
03/29/2019 		Response to 11/16/18 Statement of Change in Control
28. 15-53-LNG, 18-162-LNG, and 15-96-LNG Port Arthur LNG, LLC 01/04/2019
02/01/2019
04/09/2019 		Letter Responding to CIC Notification submitted by Port Arthur to the Department
29. 15-62-LNG Texas LNG Brownsville LLC 04/12/2019
05/20/2019 		Response to CIC Request
30. 13-140-LNG; 19-34-LNG Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC 04/26/2019 Letter to Brian Wright in Response to Change in Ownership Filed 4/26/19
31. 12-88-LNG and 12-156-LNG Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC (formerly Golden Pass Products LLC) 07/17/2019 Order Granting Request to Transfer Authorizations and Responding to Statement of Change in Control
32. 18-144-LNG ECA Liquefaction, S. de R.L. de C.V. (formerly Energia Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V.) 08/15/2019
09/09/2019 		Order Granting Request to Transfer Authorizations (transferring authorization to ECA Liquefaction, S. de R.L. de C.V.)

33.

13-69-LNG; 14-88-LNG; 15-25-LNG Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC 09/06/2019 Notification Regarding Equity Ownership Change in Accordance with Procedures for Change in Control
34. 11-115-LNG, 11-128-LNG, 18-180-LNG, 19-156-LNG Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP 10/23/2019
02/11/2020 		Statement and Notice of Change in Control
35. 14-179-LNG Pieridae Energy (USA) Ltd. 11/06/2019 Notice of Change in Control
36. 18-70-LNG Mexico Pacific Limited LLC 11/18/2019
01/14/2020 		Notice of Change in Control
37. 12-183-LNG, 13-131-LNG, 13-132-LNG Magnolia LNG, LLC 06/24/2020 Statement and Notice Regarding Change in Control
38. 14-96-LNG Alaska LNG Project LLC 07/06/2020 Response to Notification Regarding Change in Control
39. 11-115-LNG, 11-128-LNG, 18-180-LNG, 19-156-LNG Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG, LP 07/09/2020 Notification Regarding Change in Control
40. 10-85-LNG, 10-111-LNG, 13-30-LNG, 13-42-LNG, 13-121-LNG, 14-92-LNG, 15-63-LNG, 19-125-LNG, 19-133-LNG, 20-28-LNG and 20-114-LNG Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC 09/23/2020 Response to Notification Regarding Change in Indirect Equity Ownership
41. 18-144-LNG ECA Liquefaction, S. de R.L. de C.V. 01/07/2021 Statement of Change in Control
42. 11-145-LNG. 14-204-LNG, 15-36-LNG, 11-162-LNG, 15-67-LNG, 15-90-LNG, 19-62-LNG, 19-45-NG, 18-144-LNG, 18-145-LNG, 15-53-LNG, 15-96-LNG, 18-162-LNG, 20-23-LNG, 20-43-NG, 19-65-LNG, 20-52-LNG, 20-145-NG, & 20-153-LNG Cameron LNG, LLC, et al. 04/30/2021
05/03/2021
05/19/2021 		DOE's Response to Statement of Change in Control
43. 18-70-LNG Mexico Pacific Limited LLC 10/27/2021
11/23/2021 		Notification Regarding Change in Control
44. 10-160-LNG, 10-161-LNG, 11-161-LNG, 12-06-LNG, 16-108-LNG, 18-26-LNG, 21-98-LNG Freeport LNG Development, L.P. 01/13/2022
01/27/2022
03/03/2022 		Order Approving Change in Control
45. 11-145-LNG, 11-162-LNG, 14-204-LNG, 15-36-LNG, 15-67-LNG, 15-90-LNG, 21-50-NG, 18-144-LNG, 18-145-LNG, 15-53-LNG, 15-96-LNG, 18-162-LNG, 20-23-LNG, 20-43-NG, 21-83-NG, 20-52-LNG, 20-145-NG, 20-153-LNG Cameron LNG, LLC, et al. 02/22/2022 Order 4815 Approving Change in Control
46. 18-78-LNG Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC 03/28/2022 Response to the Notice of Corporate Reorganization and Request for Transfer

Order Granting Request to Amend Authorizations to Export Liquefied Natural Gas to Reflect Corporate Reorganization
47. 20-73-CNG Andalusian Energy, LLC 04/01/2022 Response to Statement and Notice of Change in Control
48. 11-59-LNG, 16-110-LNG Lake Charles Exports, LLC 05/17/2022 Response to Notice of Change in Control
49. 15-53-LNG, 15-96-LNG, 18-162-LNG Port Arthur LNG, LLC 12/21/2022 Response to Notice of Change in Control
50. 21-53-NG, 21-59-NG, 21-73-NG Hudson Energy Services, LLC; Just Energy New York Corp.; Just Energy Ontario, L.P. 01/13/2023 Response to Notice of Change in Control
51. 15-53-LNG, 15-96-LNG, 18-162-LNG Port Arthur LNG, LLC 04/25/2023 Response to Statement of Change in Control
52. 11-115-LNG, 11-128-LNG, 22-22-LNG, 22-155-LNG Cove Point LNG, LP 07/11/2023 Response to Notification in Accordance with Procedures for Changes in Control
53. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC 08/16/2023 Response to Statement and Notice of Change in Control
54. 13-69-LNG, 14-88-LNG, 15-25-LNG, 16-28-LNG, 21-131-LNG Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC, Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC 10/24/2023

11/02/2023 		Change in Control Response Letter
55. 22-63-LNG Cyropeak Energy Solutions Corporation 05/17/2024 Order Responding to Notification of Change in Control and Granting Request to Amend Authorization Holder
56. 14-209-LNG, 15-19-LNG American LNG Marketing LLC 07/01/2024
07/12/2024 		Order Approving Change in Control
57. 19-134-LNG Commonwealth LNG, LLC 07/25/2024
08/07/2024
10/01/2024 		Response to Notice of Change in Control and Amendment to Pending Application
58. 16-144-LNG Driftwood LNG LLC 08/16/2024 Order Approving Change in Control
59. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC 10/31/2024 Response to Notice of Change in Control
60. 18-70-LNG & 22-167-LNG Mexico Pacific Limited LLC 03/06/2025
03/21/2025
61. 16-144-LNG Louisiana LNG Infrastructure LLC 05/01/2025 Response to the Statement of Change in Control
62. 25-82-NG,
23-59-NG,
23-60-NG & 25-93-NG 		Hudson Energy Services, LLC; Just Energy New York Corp.; Just Energy Ontario, L.P. 07/31/2025
63. 19-134-LNG Commonwealth LNG, LLC 09/05/2025

09/24/2025
64. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 4, LLC & Rio Grande LNG Train 5, LLC 10/01/2025
65. 20-23-LNG Port Arthur LNG Phase II, LLC 10/02/2025
66. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 4, LLC & Rio Grande LNG Train 5, LLC 10/22/2025
67. 15-190-LNG Rio Grande LNG, LLC, Rio Grande LNG Train 4, LLC & Rio Grande LNG Train 5, LLC 11/14/2025
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