New destination-flexible US volumes are starting to make their presence felt in the LNG market as Cheniere Energy prepares to bring on its fifth production train at its Sabine Pass LNG plant and gears up to start its second facility, Corpus Christi LNG.

Cheniere, as yet the largest new producer in the US Lower-48 to start exports, told investors last month that it had four trains in operation and a fifth commission amounting to 22.5