Cheniere Energy Invites Capacity Offers at Sabine Pass LNG Terminal; Cheniere LNG Marketing Secures Capacity at Cheniere's Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG Terminals.

HOUSTON -- Cheniere Energy, Inc. (AMEX:LNG) announced today that it is issuing invitations for offers on up to 500 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) of the remaining long-term regasification capacity at the Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal (Sabine Pass LNG). The Sabine Pass LNG capacity offering will close on May 15, 2006.

Cheniere Energy also announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Cheniere LNG Marketing, Inc. (Cheniere LNG Marketing), entered into long-term terminal use agreements for 1.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity at the Sabine Pass LNG receiving terminal and for 1 Bcf/d at the Corpus Christi LNG receiving terminal (Corpus Christi LNG). 2 Bcf/d of capacity at Sabine Pass LNG is held by affiliates of Total S.A. and the Chevron Corporation, each with 1 Bcf/d of reserved capacity.

Sabine Pass LNG is currently under construction in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, and is expected to be operational in early 2008. The facility will have rated capacity in its initial phase of 2.6 Bcf/d. In July 2005, Cheniere applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission seeking authorization to expand the facility's rated capacity to 4 Bcf/d. The expansion capacity is planned to be operational in 2009.

Corpus Christi LNG is permitted with a rated capacity of 2.6 Bcf/d and received an initial authorization to commence construction from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in December 2005. Site preparation activities are expected to commence in the second quarter of this year and the terminal is expected to be operation in 2010.

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Cheniere Energy is developing a platform of three, 100%-owned LNG receiving terminal projects along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The three terminals will have an aggregate send-out capacity of 9.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. Cheniere plans to leverage its terminal platform by pursuing related LNG business opportunities both upstream and downstream of the terminals. Cheniere is also the founder and holds a 30% limited partner interest in a fourth LNG receiving terminal, is a partner in an LNG shipping venture, and engages in oil and gas exploration in the shallow waters of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Cheniere is based in Houston, Texas, with offices in Johnson Bayou, Louisiana, and Paris, France. Additional information about Cheniere may be found on the company's web site at www.cheniere.com.

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