5th Circuit Pulls Air Permit for Under-Construction Port Arthur LNG

Earlier this year, Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, announced it had reached a positive final investment decision (FID) for the development, construction, and operation of the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas (see Port Arthur LNG Pulls Trigger on FID, Tells Builder to Start Work). Sempra worked out all of the remaining financial aspects of the deal, including the sale of a non-controlling piece of the project to investment firm KKR and forming a joint venture with ConocoPhillips (see Sempra Sells 42% of $13B Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 to KKR). A key permit for the project, an air permit issued by Texas, was overturned yesterday by a federal appeals court.

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