What does Freedom LNG's export application mean for North American gas flows?
The U.S. Department of Energy has accepted a request to move large volumes of domestic gas through Mexico to world markets. The filing opens a 60-day window for public comment before any decision.
The application in plain terms
On September 11, 2026, Freedom LNG LLC filed an application with the Department of Energy. The agency published notice on October 6 in the Federal Register at 91 FR 63532. Docket number 26-127-LNG now tracks the proceeding.
The company seeks a 20-year authorization starting when commercial exports begin. It wants to send up to approximately 343 billion cubic feet per year of U.S.-sourced gas by pipeline into Mexico. Of that volume, 307 billion cubic feet per year would return to global markets as liquefied natural gas.
The remaining 36 billion cubic feet per year would stay in Mexico for domestic consumption. The application cites section 3(a) of the Natural Gas Act for the non-free-trade-agreement re-export portion. A separate review under section 3(c) will cover exports to free-trade-agreement nations.
Freedom LNG requests authority to act on its own behalf and as agent for other entities that will hold title to the gas or LNG at the point of export or re-export. That agency structure means the authorization could cover multiple commercial counterparties over the 20-year term.
The BRAVO LNG Project
The liquefaction facility would sit nearshore the Port of Matamoros in Tamaulipas, on the Gulf Coast. Freedom LNG calls it the BRAVO LNG Project. The design uses a modular configuration with one liquefaction train rated at approximately 6 million tons per annum of LNG.
That output corresponds to the
The sources this article was written from
- "Federal Register 91 FR 63532
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/10/06/2026-20467/freedom-lng-llc-application-for-long-term-multi-contract-authorization-to-export-us-sourced-natural"