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Cameron County · Issue 3, Oct 14, 2026

Rio Grande LNG Train 6: FERC status, Bechtel role and FID timing

FERC docket CP26-532-000 covers about 6.03 MTPA and a third marine jetty. The final EIS is scheduled for Jun 25, 2027.

Signal timeline

Every filing on the record

  1. On the record

    FERC application filed

    Rio Grande LNG Train 6, LLC files for one new liquefaction train and a new marine berth at the Brownsville terminal.

    FERCCP26-532-000Basis: FERC docket
    FERC notice of application(opens in a new tab)

  2. On the record

    FERC sets the environmental review schedule

    Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. Final EIS set for June 25, 2027.

    FERCCP26-532Basis: Federal Register notice
    FERC schedule notice(opens in a new tab)

  3. On the record

    Response to scoping comments

    Rio Grande LNG files a limited response to scoping comments in the EIS review.

    FERC20260928-5156Basis: FERC eLibrary
    Rio Grande LNG filing(opens in a new tab)

  4. On the record

    Army Corps permit for Train 6 and the new berth

    Announced by NextDecade.

    Corps NoticeBasis: NextDecade announcement
    NextDecade announcement(opens in a new tab)

  5. Today. Below: schedules and targets, not outcomes.

  6. Not yet

    Draft EIS planned

    Opens a 45 day public comment period.

    FERCBasis: FERC schedule

  7. Not yet

    Final EIS scheduled

    Federal decision deadline follows on Sept 23, 2027.

    FERCBasis: FERC schedule

  8. Not yet

    Final investment decision targeted

    A target stated by NextDecade, not a decision. No Train 6 value is stated.

    Award / FIDBasis: Per NextDecade

FID targeted 2H 2027, per NextDecade.

Rio Grande LNG Train 6, LLC, a NextDecade company, filed its FERC application on May 26, 2026 under docket CP26-532-000. It covers about 6.03 MTPA of liquefaction and a third marine jetty at the Brownsville terminal.

FERC has scheduled a draft EIS for January 2027 and a final EIS for Jun 25, 2027. NextDecade says Train 6 received its Army Corps permit on Sep 28, 2026.

FID targeted 2H 2027, per NextDecade (Q2 2026 update). NextDecade describes BechtelInferred: our reading, not a filing fact as progressing EPC work; no EPC contract is signed. No offtake buyers have been named yet.

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