Houston – August 12, 2004 – Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX: LNG) announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Cheniere’s proposed Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas receiving terminal and associated pipeline. The facilities are designed with initial processing capacity of 2.6 billion cubic feet per day. In the DEIS, FERC concludes that approval of the facilities, with appropriate mitigating measures as recommended, would have limited adverse environmental impact.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. is a Houston-based developer of LNG Receiving Terminals and a Gulf of Mexico E&P company. Cheniere is developing Gulf Coast LNG Receiving Terminals in Sabine Pass, LA, and Corpus Christi, TX. Cheniere is also a 30% limited partner in Freeport LNG Development, L.P., which is developing an LNG Receiving Terminal in Freeport, Texas. Cheniere conducts exploration for oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico using a regional database of 7,000 square miles of PSTM 3D seismic data. Cheniere also owns 9% of Gryphon Exploration Company, along with Warburg, Pincus Equity Partners, L.P. which owns 91%. Additional information about Cheniere Energy, Inc. may be found on its Web site at www.cheniere.com, by contacting the company’s investor and media relations department toll-free at 888-948-2036 or by writing to: Info@Cheniere.com.
Artist’s renditions of Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal, Corpus Christi LNG receiving terminal and Freeport LNG L.P. LNG receiving terminal are available as JPEG on-line at www.Cheniere.com
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Vice President
Investor & MEDIA Relations
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