Common Contracts

DOE/FECM Order No. 4960 Long-Term LNG Sale and Delivery Agreement

April 17th, 2023

• Filed
  April 17th, 2023

On March 3, 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (“DOE/FECM”) issued NFE Altamira FLNG, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NFE Altamira”) an Order Granting Long-Term Authorization to Export Natural Gas to Mexico and to Other Free Trade Agreement Nations (“Order No. 4960”).1 Order No. 4960 authorized NFE Altamira to export U.S.-sourced natural gas by pipeline from the United States to Mexico and, after liquefaction in Mexico, to re-export the U.S.-sourced natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) by vessel from a floating liquefaction and export terminal proposed by NFE Altamira’s affiliate, Mexico FLNG S. de R.L. de C.V., off the coast of Altamira Tamaulipas, Mexico (“Project”). Condition D(i) of Order No. 4960 requires that NFE Altamira file with the Office of Regulation, Analysis, and Engagement a non-redacted copy of all executed long-term contracts associated with the long-term re-export of U.S.-sourced natural gas from the Project (wh