Who owns Lake Charles LNG?
Lake Charles LNG is owned by Energy Transfer (the United States, NYSE: ET).[1]
Evidence: Energy Transfer LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Energy Transfer LP verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Category
- Energy › Oil & gas › Pipelines & midstream
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: ET
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Lake Charles LNG
Lake Charles LNG owns an LNG import terminal and regasification facility on Louisiana's Gulf Coast with about 9.0 Bcf of storage and 1.8 Bcf/d of send-out capacity. Energy Transfer's 10-K calls it a wholly owned subsidiary and says it suspended development of the Lake Charles LNG export project in December 2025.
What Energy Transfer's annual report says about Lake Charles LNG
Sentences about Lake Charles LNG from Energy Transfer's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
Lake Charles LNG, our wholly owned subsidiary, owns an LNG import terminal and regasification facility located on Louisiana's Gulf Coast near Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Lake Charles LNG derives all of its revenue from a series of long-term contracts with a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell").
Lake Charles LNG Export, our wholly owned subsidiary, was previously developing a natural gas liquefaction project at the site of our Lake Charles LNG import terminal and regasification facility.
How often Energy Transfer names Lake Charles LNG in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central. The brand is named less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Lake Charles LNG
- Current owner Energy Transfer [1] verified
Where Lake Charles LNG sits in Energy Transfer
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in energy.
Also in energy
Other brands in pipelines & midstream, and who owns them
Energy Transfer has more brands in pipelines & midstream on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 35.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Dixie Pipeline | Enterprise Products | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Basin Pipeline | Plains All American | 🇺🇸 United States |
| MountainWest | Williams | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Corpus Christi LNG | Cheniere | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cenit | Ecopetrol | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Enbridge Mainline System | Enbridge | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Columbia Pipeline Group | TC Energy | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Aris Water Solutions | Western Midstream | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Energy Transfer
Energy Transfer is a publicly listed company headquartered in United States. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: ET.
Energy Transfer's 2025 Form 10-K lists wholly owned pipeline subsidiaries including Panhandle Eastern, Transwestern and Trunkline, and the wholly owned Lake Charles LNG. It also reports consolidated subsidiaries Sunoco LP and USA Compression Partners, and says it owns all of Sunoco LP's general partner.
Energy Transfer: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Lake Charles LNG and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Lake Charles LNG is not one of them.
- AES Ohio — AES 🇺🇸
- Agway Energy Services — Suburban Propane 🇺🇸
- Alabama Power — Southern Company 🇺🇸
- AmeriGas — UGI 🇺🇸
- American Transmission Company — WEC Energy Group 🇺🇸
- Arch Resources — Core Natural Resources 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Lake Charles LNG?
The parent company of Lake Charles LNG is Energy Transfer, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Lake Charles LNG American?
Yes. Lake Charles LNG originated in the United States and its owner, Energy Transfer, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Lake Charles LNG still owned by Energy Transfer?
Yes. As of 9 October 2026, Lake Charles LNG is still owned by Energy Transfer. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Energy Transfer LP Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 February 2026; retrieved 5 October 2026.
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