Exhibit 10.5

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Summary of Compensation for Executive Officers

The executive officers of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”) are “at will” employees and, except as noted below, none of them has an employment or severance agreement, other than as provided under the Cheniere Energy, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan.1 The unwritten arrangements under which Cheniere’s executive officers are compensated include:

 

   

a salary, reviewed annually by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Cheniere;

 

   

eligibility for a discretionary annual cash bonus, as determined by the Compensation Committee;

 

   

eligibility for awards under Cheniere’s Amended and Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, as determined by the Compensation Committee;

 

   

health, life, disability and other insurance and/or benefits; and

 

   

vacation, paid sick leave and all other employee benefits.

The following table sets forth the 2007 annual base salary for each of Cheniere’s executive officers:

 

Executive Officer

   2007 Annual
Base Salary

Charif Souki

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

   $ 577,500

Stanley C. Horton

President and Chief Operating Officer

   $ 446,250

Walter L. Williams

Vice Chairman

   $ 262,500

Don A. Turkleson

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

   $ 262,500

Keith M. Meyer

Senior Vice President, Marketing

   $ 262,500

Jonathan S. Gross

Senior Vice President, Exploration

   $ 262,500

Zurab S. Kobiashvili

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

   $ 262,500

1

Jean Abiteboul, located in our French office, has an employment agreement with a subsidiary of Cheniere. The agreement is for an unlimited term and may be terminated by the subsidiary or Mr. Abiteboul upon three months prior notice. The agreement provides for compensation substantially similar to the arrangements described above for Cheniere’s other executive officers.


Stuart J. Wagner

Senior Vice President – Corporate Development

   $ 262,500  

David B. Gorte

Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer

   $ 262,500  

Jean Abiteboul

Executive Director, Cheniere LNG Services, S.A.R.L.

   $ 291,126 2

Robert K. Teague

Vice President – Pipeline Operations

   $ 200,000  

2

Represents the US dollar equivalent of 220,500 euros based on an exchange rate of 1.3203 as of December 31, 2006.