Cheniere Engages Eight Joint Lead Arrangers to Arrange the Debt Financing for the Sabine Pass Liquefaction Project

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: CQP) announced today that it has engaged eight financial institutions to act as Joint Lead Arrangers to assist in the structuring and arranging of up to $4 billion of debt facilities. The proceeds will be used to pay for costs of development and construction of the liquefaction project at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal, to fund the acquisition of the Creole Trail Pipeline from Cheniere Energy, Inc. and for general business purposes.

As previously disclosed, estimated capital costs before financing for the first two trains of the liquefaction project of $4.5 billion to $5.0 billion are expected to be funded from a combination of debt and equity financings.

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