Corporate
Presentation November 2007 CHENIERE ENERGY, INC. (Gp:) *Corpus Christi LNG,
LLC Cheniere Energy, Inc. 100% *Artist’s Rendition (Gp:) *Creole
Trail LNG, L.P. Cheniere Energy, Inc. 100% *Freeport LNG Development, L.P.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. 30% * Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. Cheniere Energy Partners,
L.P.
Cheniere Energy, Inc. 91%
This
presentation contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be,
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities
Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or
the
Exchange Act. All statements, other than statements of historical
facts, included herein are “forward-looking statements.” Included
among “forward-looking statements” are, among other things: statements that we
expect to commence or complete construction of each or any of our proposed
liquefied natural gas, or LNG, receiving terminals by certain dates, or at
all;
statements that we expect to receive authorization from the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, or FERC, to construct and operate proposed LNG receiving
terminals by a certain date, or at all; statements regarding future levels
of
domestic natural gas production and consumption, or the future level of LNG
imports into North America, or regarding projected future capacity of
liquefaction or regasification, liquifaction utilization or total monthly
LNG
trade facilities worldwide, regardless of the source of such information
statements regarding any financing transactions or arrangements, whether
on the
part of Cheniere or at the project level; statements relating to the
construction of our proposed LNG receiving terminals, including statements
concerning estimated costs, and the engagement of any EPC
contractor; statements regarding any Terminal Use Agreement, or TUA,
or other commercial arrangements presently contracted, optioned, marketed
or
potential arrangements to be performed substantially in the future, including
any cash distributions and revenues anticipated to be received; statements
regarding the commercial terms and potential revenues from activities
described in this presentation; statements regarding the commercial terms
or
potential revenue from any arrangements which may arise from the marketing
of
uncommitted capacity from any of the terminals, including the Creole Trail
and
Corpus Christi terminals which do not currently have contractual commitments;
statements regarding the commercial terms or potential revenue from any
arrangement relating to the proposed contracting for excess or expansion
capacity for the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal or the Indexed Purchase Agreement
(“IPA”) or LNG spot purchase examples described in this presentation; statements
that our proposed LNG receiving terminals, when completed, will have certain
characteristics, including amounts of regasification and storage capacities,
a
number of storage tanks and docks and pipeline interconnections; statements
regarding Cheniere and Cheniere Marketing forecasts, and any potential revenues
and capital expenditures which may be derived from any of Cheniere business
groups; statements regarding Cheniere Pipeline Company, and the capital
expenditures and potential revenues related to this business group; statements
regarding our proposed LNG receiving terminals’ access to existing pipelines,
and their ability to obtain transportation capacity on existing pipelines;
statements regarding the Louisiana Natural Gas Header, and its
potential business opportunities statements regarding possible expansions
of the
currently projected size of any of our proposed LNG receiving terminals;
statements regarding the payment by Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. of cash
distributions; statements regarding our business strategy, our business plan
or
any other plans, forecasts, examples, models, or objectives; any or all of
which
are subject to change; statements regarding estimated corporate overhead
expenses; and any other statements that relate to non-historical information.
These forward-looking statements are often identified by the use of terms
and
phrases such as “achieve,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “example,”
“expect,” “forecast,” “opportunities,” “plan,” “potential,” “project,”
“propose,” “subject to,” and similar terms and phrases. Although we
believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements
are
reasonable, they do involve assumptions, risks and uncertainties, and these
expectations may prove to be incorrect. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date of
this presentation. Our actual results could differ materially from
those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety
of factors, including those discussed in “Risk Factors” in the Cheniere Energy,
Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, which
are
incorporated by reference into this presentation. All forward-looking
statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly
qualified in their entirety by these ”Risk Factors”. These
forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this presentation,
and we
undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements. Safe Harbor Act
Value
Drivers Cheniere Marketing Asset Development Partnership Interests
Sabine Pass LNG 4.0 Bcf/d LNG TerminalCheniere
Energy Partners, L.P. [AMEX:CQP] 91% Interest (GP & LP
units) Creole Trail LNG Terminal Creole Trail Pipeline Corpus Christi LNG
Terminal Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG Terminal) 30% Equity
Interest Louisiana Natural Gas Header (Proposed
Pipeline)
Freeport
LNG Development, L.P. Cheniere Energy, Inc. 30% * Expect to begin cash
distributions in 3rd quarter 2008
Cheniere
Energy Partners, L.P. (AMEX: CQP) Sabine Pass LNG, L.P. Cheniere Energy,
Inc.
91% Sabine Pass Construction Site – November 2007
Sabine
Pass Terminal Update November 2007
Cheniere
Energy Partners Growth Projects Fuel Efficiency Projects at Sabine Pass LNG
Waste Heat Recovery and Ambient Air Vaporizers (AAV) More economical process
to
reheat LNG, replaces SCVs Developed over next few years, expected in-service
2010 – 2011 Funding from excess cash and financing Louisiana Natural Gas Header
Proposed pipeline extending from Louisiana to Alabama
Louisiana
Natural Gas Header Proposed Pipeline After construction completion it will
provide supply diversity Access to new and existing LNG gas supply in and
around
Louisiana; nearly 10 Bcf/d regas capacity by 2010 Access to traditional
offshore, onshore and recently developed unconventional supply Connect to
growing Southeast demand markets Natural gas demand expected to increase
driven
by electric generation Incremental natural gas necessary to satisfy new electric
generation in Florida alone is estimated at 1Bcf/d ~330-mile long proposed
interstate pipeline system comprised of both 42-inch and 36-inch diameter
pipeline Expected in-service date as early as mid 2010 Non-binding open season
held from November 15 to January 15 to gauge prospective shipper
interest
Dq
SESH – Lucedale SONAT Gulf South FGT 11 Tennessee Dequincy TGC, TETCO, Transco
45, Sempra, Liberty Storage Cheniere Sabine Pass LNG Johnson Bayou NGPL,
Bridgeline, SWLateral TETCO FGT Tennessee (Gp:) Scale – Approximate (Gp:) 0
(Gp:) 40 (Gp:) 60 miles (Gp:) 20 FGT 9 Am LIG Louisiana Natural Gas Header
Gulfstream Eunice ANR, TxGas, Egan Storage, Pine Prairie Storage Transco
65
Louisiana Natural Gas Header Creole Trail – Under Construction Creole Trail –
FERC Authorized
Value
Drivers Cheniere Marketing Asset Development Partnership Interests Sabine
Pass
LNG 4.0 Bcf/d LNG Terminal Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. [AMEX:CQP]
91% Interest (GP & LP units) Creole Trail LNG Terminal Creole Trail Pipeline
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG
Terminal) 30% Equity Interest Louisiana Natural Gas Header (Proposed P/L)
Under
construction; estimated construction costs ~ $500 million Site preparation
completed Pending final investment decision Permitted, Pending final investment
decision
Sabine
PL Targa Transco Gulf South Trunkline Jefferson Island Storage Sabine Pass
LNG
Terminal Phase I – 2Q 2008 Phase II – 2Q 2009 Creole Trail LNG
Terminal Henry Hub Varibus NGPL Transco Bridgeline Tennessee Florida Gas
Creole
Trail Pipeline* Liberty Storage Starks Storage Hackberry Storage Texas Eastern
Gulf Coast Markets Northeast Markets Southeast Markets Midwest / Great Lakes
Markets Connects with Henry Hub Gulf of Mexico 4Q 2007 ANR Texas Gas Transco
Florida Gas Columbia Gulf Cypress Egan Storage Pine Prairie Energy Center
Tennessee 2Q 2008 M.P. 58 Creole Trail – MP 58* Creole Trail – Phase II 11
Potential Pipeline Interconnects: * 2 Bcf/d capacity, 1200
btu
Value
Drivers Cheniere Marketing Asset Development Partnership Interests Sabine
Pass
LNG 4.0 Bcf/d LNG Terminal Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. [AMEX:CQP] 91%
Interest (GP & LP units) Creole Trail LNG Terminal Creole Trail Pipeline
Corpus Christi LNG Terminal Freeport LNG Development, L.P. (Freeport LNG
Terminal) 30% Equity Interest Louisiana Natural Gas Header (Proposed
P/L)
New
Liquefaction Competes for Market Share Source: CERA, 2006 Atlantic Basin
12
Bcf/d ME Gulf 11 Bcf/d Asia Pacific 13 Bcf/d 2005 Europe 4.7 Bcf/d
2005 12.3 Bcf/d 2005 NA 1.8 Bcf/d (Gp:) 2010 Liquefaction Capacity
(Gp:) 2005 Consumption 5 15 25 35 45 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 36 23
24 26
30 35 Bcf/d Liquefaction Capacity Existing Liquefaction Under Construction
Proposed Liquefaction
Everett
Cove Point Elba Island Lake Charles Sabine Pass Freeport Golden Pass Cameron
Costa Azúl Canaport Existing Under Construction Altamira Source: Websites of
Terminal Owners, Wood Mackenzie Limited, Poten & Partners North America
Onshore Regasification Capacity By 2010 15.8 Bcf/d North American Atlantic
Basin
capacity @ 65% utilization = 10.3 Bcf/d
Constraint
is not Regasification but Natural Gas Consumption Source: GIIGNL; Waterborne
LNG, Cheniere Research Regasification is built for peak utilization because
of
seasonal variations
Contractual
Trends Away from Utilities 0 10 20 30 40 50 Bcf/d 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010
2011 2012 Non-Utility Uncommitted Utility ~44% of 2010 LNG supply will seek
premium markets Source: Estimates according to Cheniere
Research
17 NYMEX
vs. NBP – November 2, 2007 Historical Data Futures as of
11/02/07
18 1
Bcf/d by 2010 12 Bcf/d of undecided gas globally 86% of Henry
Hub
94%
- 65 cents (GdF transaction) Seek to capture portion of redirect rights
Estimate 30 cargoes annually
Title: Cheniere
Marketing
Strategy Term
Contracts: Indexed Purchase Agreements (IPA)Spot Market: 1 Bcf/d
portion Seek to capture arbitrage value of HH vs NBP FOB
cargoes LNG Gateway: ~ 60 to 100 cargoes annually Note: The above
outlines the current strategy of Cheniere Marketing, which is subject to
change.
Please
refer to Page 2 of this presentation.
19 Title: Cheniere
Growth Strategy Body: Pursue acquisitions for Cheniere Energy
Partners, L.P. (AMEX: CQP) Continue asset development: terminals and
pipelines Develop a balanced supply portfolio for Cheniere Marketing
between long-term IPA’s and LNG Gateway exposure to the spot, option and
short-term markets
20
Title: Condensed Balance Sheet Cheniere Energy Other Cheniere Consolidated
Partners, L.P. Energy, Inc. (1) Cheniere Energy, Inc. Unrestricted cash (2)
-
$ - 447
$ 447
$ Restricted
cash and securities
885 45 930 Property,
plant and equipment
1,006 393 1,399 Goodwill
and other
assets 71 170 241 Total
assets 1,962 $ 1,055 $ 3,017 $ Deferred
revenue and other
liabilities 133 $ 100 $ 233 $ Long-term
debt 2,032 725 2,757 Minority
interest - 293 293 Equity (203) (63) (266) 1,962 $ 1,055 $ 3,017 $ Includes
intercompany eliminations. Includes restricted cash held at CQP for construction
of the Sabine Pass regas facility and debt service on notes. The Creole Trail
pipeline is being developed at Cheniere Energy, Inc. (LNG) with an estimated
cost of $550 million. September 30, 2007 (unaudited, in
millions)