07 Jul Two Plants One Port

Brownsville is getting closer to having a second LNG plant after the Glenfarne Group announced they gave a contractor “limited notice to proceed” which means the contractor can begin to order materials and equipment and do necessary engineering and geological prework.

Proposed more than 15 years ago, this second LNG project in the area, referred to as Texas LNG has a capacity of 4 million tonnes per annum. By comparison, the more well known project currently under construction, Rio Grande LNG will have 48 MTPA.

Located on 625 acres along the Brownsville Ship Channel, Texas LNG is smaller than Rio Grande LNG which sits on 1000 acres albeit with much less capacity.

Both projects, the Texas LNG and Rio Grande LNG will liquefy natural gas arriving from the Permian Basin via pipeline. The liquefied natural gas can then be shipped to customers across the world.

The combined capacity of both plants, roughly 52 MTPA, is truly gigantic. According to Shell, the global energy powerhouse, total global LNG trade volumes in 2025 were about 422 million tonnes. This means that at full capacity the two Brownsville plants will have the capacity to house about 12% of the annual LNG purchased across the world.

With the help of a $5.7 billion debt financing package recently announced by Glenbarne, construction of Texas LNG is expected to begin around 2030.