LNG Cheniere Energy (LNG) Q1 FY25 earnings call
Cheniere delivered strong Q1 FY25 results, driven by record LNG production and operational excellence, including the early completion of Stage 3 Train 1. The company is advancing Midscale Trains 8 and 9 towards FID, leveraging its brownfield platform for accretive growth. Despite market volatility and geopolitical risks, Cheniere remains committed to its highly contracted business model and disciplined capital allocation strategy, aiming to provide reliable LNG supply globally.
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LNG operating KPIs by quarter
| KPI | Dec 2024 Q4 FY24 | This call Mar 2025 Q1 FY25 | Jun 2025 Q2 FY25 | Sep 2025 Q3 FY25 | Dec 2025 Q4 FY25 | Mar 2026 Q1 FY26 | Jun 2026 Q2 FY26 | Change vs prior quarter |
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| Employees | 1,700These outstanding financial results are once again enabled by the relentless focus on performance that I'm proud to share with my 1,700 Cheniere colleagues around the world.Source: earnings call transcript | — | 1,700We'd like to say that we're exclusively focused on Sabine and Corpus with our 1,700 people, and that's all we do.Source: earnings call transcript | — | — | — | — | — |
| Capital expenditures Stage 3 | ~$220MDuring the fourth quarter and full year, we funded approximately $220 million and $1.5 billion of CapEx on Stage 3, bringing total spend on the project to over $4.5 billion.Source: earnings call transcript | ~$325MDuring the first quarter, we funded approximately $325 million of CapEx on Stage 3, bringing total spend on the project to over $4.8 billion.Source: earnings call transcript | ~$400MDuring the second quarter, we funded approximately $400 million of CapEx on Stage 3, bringing total spend on the project to approximately $5.2 billion unlevered.Source: earnings call transcript | $300M+During the third quarter, we funded over $300 million of CapEx on Stage 3, bringing total spend to approximately $5.5 billion unlevered.Source: earnings call transcript | — | — | — | — |
| LNG cargoes exported | — | — | — | — | 185During the fourth quarter, we exported 185 LNG cargoes from our facilities.Source: earnings call transcript | 187The 187 cargoes we exported through March topped the previous record set in the fourth quarter of last year.Source: earnings call transcript | 184On the production side, we produced and exported 184 cargoes or 672 TBtu, a 20% increase over the same period last year.Source: earnings call transcript | -1.6% |
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