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 For the transition period from            to            

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.

Delaware			20-5913059
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)			(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Title of each class			Trading Symbol			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Units Representing Limited Partner Interests			CQP			NYSE American

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☒   No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).  Yes  ☒   No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

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Accelerated filer

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Non-accelerated filer

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Smaller reporting company

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Emerging growth company

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒

If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ☐    No ☒

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common units held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $1.8 billion as of June 30, 2022.

As of February 17, 2023, the registrant had 484,033,123 common units outstanding.

Documents incorporated by reference: None

			PART I
			Items 1. and 2. Business and Properties			4
			Item 1A. Risk Factors			13
			Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments			27
			Item 3. Legal Proceedings			28
			Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosure			28
			PART II
			Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Unitholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities			29
			Item 6. [Reserved]			29
			Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations			30
			Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk			45
			Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data			46
			Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure			82
			Item 9A. Controls and Procedures			82
			Item 9B. Other Information			82
			Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections			82
			PART III
			Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers of Our General Partner and Corporate Governance			83
			Item 11. Executive Compensation			88
			Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management, and Related Unitholder Matters			90
			Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence			93
			Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services			94
			PART IV
			Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules			96
			Item 16. Form 10-K Summary			112
			Signatures			113

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Bcf						billion cubic feet
Bcf/d						billion cubic feet per day
Bcf/yr						billion cubic feet per year
Bcfe						billion cubic feet equivalent
DOE						U.S. Department of Energy
EPC						engineering, procurement and construction
FASB						Financial Accounting Standards Board
FERC						Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FTA countries						countries with which the United States has a free trade agreement providing for national treatment for trade in natural gas
GAAP						generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
Henry Hub						the final settlement price (in USD per MMBtu) for the New York Mercantile Exchange’s Henry Hub natural gas futures contract for the month in which a relevant cargo’s delivery window is scheduled to begin
IPM agreements						integrated production marketing agreements in which the gas producer sells to us gas on a global LNG index price, less a fixed liquefaction fee, shipping and other costs
LIBOR						London Interbank Offered Rate
LNG						liquefied natural gas, a product of natural gas that, through a refrigeration process, has been cooled to a liquid state, which occupies a volume that is approximately 1/600th of its gaseous state
MMBtu						million British thermal units; one British thermal unit measures the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit
mtpa						million tonnes per annum
non-FTA countries						countries with which the United States does not have a free trade agreement providing for national treatment for trade in natural gas and with which trade is permitted
SEC						U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
SPA						LNG sale and purchase agreement
TBtu						trillion British thermal units; one British thermal unit measures the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit
Train						an industrial facility comprised of a series of refrigerant compressor loops used to cool natural gas into LNG
TUA						terminal use agreement

This annual report contains certain statements that are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical or present facts or conditions, included herein or incorporated herein by reference are “forward-looking statements.” Included among “forward-looking statements” are, among other things:

•statements regarding our ability to pay distributions to our unitholders; 

•statements regarding our expected receipt of cash distributions from SPLNG, SPL or CTPL; 

•statements that we expect to commence or complete construction of our proposed LNG terminal, liquefaction facility, pipeline facility or other projects, or any expansions or portions thereof, by certain dates, or at all;

•statements regarding future levels of domestic and international natural gas production, supply or consumption or future levels of LNG imports into or exports from North America and other countries worldwide or purchases of natural gas, regardless of the source of such information, or the transportation or other infrastructure or demand for and prices related to natural gas, LNG or other hydrocarbon products;

•statements regarding any financing transactions or arrangements, or our ability to enter into such transactions;

•statements regarding our future sources of liquidity and cash requirements;

•statements relating to the construction of our Trains, including statements concerning the engagement of any EPC contractor or other contractor and the anticipated terms and provisions of any agreement with any EPC or other contractor, and anticipated costs related thereto;

•statements regarding any SPA or other agreement to be entered into or performed substantially in the future, including any revenues anticipated to be received and the anticipated timing thereof, and statements regarding the amounts of total LNG regasification, natural gas liquefaction or storage capacities that are, or may become, subject to contracts;

•statements regarding counterparties to our commercial contracts, construction contracts and other contracts;

•statements regarding our planned development and construction of additional Trains, including the financing of such Trains;

•statements that our Trains, when completed, will have certain characteristics, including amounts of liquefaction capacities;

•statements regarding our business strategy, our strengths, our business and operation plans or any other plans, forecasts, projections, or objectives, including anticipated revenues, capital expenditures, maintenance and operating costs and cash flows, any or all of which are subject to change;

•statements regarding legislative, governmental, regulatory, administrative or other public body actions, approvals, requirements, permits, applications, filings, investigations, proceedings or decisions;

•any other statements that relate to non-historical or future information; and

•other factors described in Item 1A. Risk Factors in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

All of these types of statements, other than statements of historical or present facts or conditions, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “achieve,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “pursue,” “target,” the negative of such terms or other comparable terminology. The forward-looking statements contained in this annual report are largely based on our expectations, which reflect estimates and assumptions made by our management. These estimates and assumptions reflect our best judgment based on currently known market conditions and other factors. Although we believe that such estimates are reasonable, they are inherently uncertain and involve a number of risks and uncertainties beyond our control. In addition, assumptions may prove to be inaccurate. We caution that the forward-looking statements contained in this annual report are not guarantees of future performance and that such statements may not be realized or the forward-looking statements or events may not occur. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated or implied in forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of factors described in this annual report and in the other reports and other information that we file with the SEC. 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 speak only as of the date made, and other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement or provide reasons why actual results may differ, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

We own a natural gas liquefaction and export facility located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana at Sabine Pass (the “Sabine Pass LNG Terminal”), one of the largest LNG production facilities in the world, which has six operational Trains, with Train 6 having achieved substantial completion on February 4, 2022, for a total operational production capacity of approximately 30 mtpa of LNG (the “Liquefaction Project”). The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal also has three marine berths, with the third berth having achieved substantial completion on October 27, 2022, two of which can accommodate vessels with nominal capacity of up to 266,000 cubic meters and the third berth which can accommodate vessels with nominal capacity of up to 200,000 cubic meters, and operational regasification facilities that include five LNG storage tanks with aggregate capacity of approximately 17 Bcfe and vaporizers with total regasification capacity of approximately 4 Bcf/d. We also own a 94-mile pipeline through our subsidiary, CTPL, that interconnects our facilities to several large interstate and intrastate pipelines (the “Creole Trail Pipeline”).

Our long-term customer arrangements form the foundation of our business and provide us with significant, stable, long-term cash flows. We have contracted most of our anticipated production capacity under SPAs, in which our customers are generally required to pay a fixed fee with respect to the contracted volumes irrespective of their election to cancel or suspend deliveries of LNG cargoes, and under IPM agreements, in which the gas producer sells natural gas to us on a global LNG index price, less a fixed liquefaction fee, shipping and other costs. Through our SPAs and IPM agreement, we have contracted approximately 85% of the total production capacity from the Liquefaction Project with approximately 15 years of weighted average remaining life as of December 31, 2022. For further discussion of the contracted future cash flows under our revenue arrangements, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

Our primary business strategy is to develop, construct and operate assets to meet our long-term customers’ energy demands. We plan to implement our strategy by:

•safely, efficiently and reliably operating and maintaining our assets, including our Trains;

•procuring natural gas and pipeline transport capacity to our facility;

•commencing commercial delivery for our long-term SPA customers, of which we have initiated for eight of eleven third party long-term SPA customers as of December 31, 2022;

•maximizing the production of LNG to serve our customers and generating steady and stable revenues and operating cash flows;

•optimizing the Liquefaction Project by leveraging existing infrastructure;

•maintaining a prudent and cost-effective capital structure; and

•strategically identifying actionable environmental solutions.

Below is a discussion of our operations. For further discussion of our contractual obligations and cash requirements related to these operations, refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The Liquefaction Project, as described above under the caption General, is one of the largest LNG production facilities in the world with six Trains and three marine berths.

			FERC Approved Volume												DOE Approved Volume
			(in Bcf/yr)						(in mtpa)						(in Bcf/yr)						(in mtpa)
FTA countries			1,661.94						33						1,661.94						33
Non-FTA countries			1,661.94						33						1,661.94						33

SPL has secured natural gas feedstock for the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal through long-term natural gas supply agreements, including an IPM agreement. Additionally, to ensure that SPL is able to transport natural gas feedstock to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal and manage inventory levels, it has entered into firm pipeline transportation and storage contracts with third parties.

The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal, as described above under the caption General, has operational regasification capacity of approximately 4 Bcf/d and aggregate LNG storage capacity of approximately 17 Bcfe. SPLNG has a long-term, third party TUA for 1 Bcf/d with TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc. (“TotalEnergies”), under which TotalEnergies is required to pay fixed monthly fees, whether or not it uses the regasification capacity they have reserved. Prior to its cancellation effective December 31, 2022, SPLNG also had a TUA for 1 Bcf/d with Chevron. Approximately 2 Bcf/d of the remaining capacity has been reserved under a TUA by SPL. SPL also has a partial TUA assignment agreement with TotalEnergies, as further described in Note 13—Revenues of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Information regarding our customer contracts can be found in Liquidity and Capital Resources in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

																		Percentage of Total Revenues from External Customers
												Year Ended December 31,
																		2022						2021						2020
BG Gulf Coast LNG, LLC and affiliates																		22%						24%						24%
GAIL (India) Limited																		15%						17%						18%
Korea Gas Corporation																		15%						17%						17%
Naturgy LNG GOM, Limited																		15%						16%						15%
TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc.																		10%						11%						11%

 The FERC’s authority to regulate interstate natural gas pipelines and the services that they provide generally includes regulation of:

•rates and charges, and terms and conditions for natural gas transportation, storage and related services;

•the certification and construction of new facilities and modification of existing facilities;

•the extension and abandonment of services and facilities;

•the administration of accounting and financial reporting regulations, including the maintenance of accounts and records;

•the acquisition and disposition of facilities;

•the initiation and discontinuation of services; and

•various other matters.

The Creole Trail Pipeline, which interconnects with the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal, holds a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the FERC under Section 7 of the NGA. The FERC’s approval under Section 7 of the NGA, as well as several other material governmental and regulatory approvals and permits, is required prior to making any modifications to the Creole Trail Pipeline as it is a regulated, interstate natural gas pipeline. In February 2013, the FERC approved CTPL’s application for authorization to construct, own, operate and maintain certain new facilities in order to enable bi-directional natural gas flow on the Creole Trail Pipeline system to allow for the delivery of up to 1,530,000 Dekatherms per day of feed gas to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal. In November 2013, CTPL received approval from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) for the proposed modifications and construction was completed in 2015. In September 2013, as part of the Application for Trains 5 and 6, we filed an application with the FERC for authorization to construct and operate an extension and expansion of Creole Trail Pipeline and related facilities in order to deliver additional domestic natural gas supplies to the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal, which was granted by the FERC in an order issued in April 2015 and an order denying rehearing issued in June 2015. These orders are not subject to appellate court review.

On September 27, 2019, SPL filed a request with the FERC pursuant to Section 3 of the NGA, requesting authorization to increase the total LNG production capacity of the terminal from currently authorized levels to an amount which reflects more accurately the capacity of the facility based on enhancements during the engineering, design and construction process, as well as operational experience to date. The requested authorizations do not involve construction of new facilities. Corresponding applications for authorization to export the incremental volumes were also submitted to the DOE. The DOE issued Orders granting authorization to export LNG to FTA countries in April 2020 and to non-FTA countries in March 2022. In October 2021, the FERC issued its Orders Amending Authorization under Section 3 of the NGA. In March 2022, the DOE authorized

The DOE has authorized the export of domestically produced LNG by vessel from the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal as discussed in Liquefaction Facilities. Although it is not expected to occur, the loss of an export authorization could be a force majeure event under our SPAs.

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

Our LNG terminal as well as the Creole Trail Pipeline are subject to regulation by PHMSA. PHMSA is authorized by the applicable pipeline safety laws to establish minimum safety standards for certain pipelines and LNG facilities. The regulatory standards PHMSA has established are applicable to the design, installation, testing, construction, operation, maintenance and management of natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline facilities and LNG facilities that affect interstate or foreign commerce. PHMSA has also established training, worker qualification and reporting requirements.

Construction and operation of the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal requires additional permits, orders, approvals and consultations to be issued by various federal and state agencies, including the DOT, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”), U.S. Department of Commerce, National Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”), U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the LDEQ.

The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal is subject to various federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and natural resources. These environmental laws and regulations can affect the cost and output of operations and may impose substantial penalties for non-compliance and substantial liabilities for pollution, as further described in the risk factor Existing and future safety, environmental and similar laws and governmental regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating costs or construction costs and restrictions in Risks Relating to Regulations within Item 1A. Risk Factors. Many of these laws and regulations, such as those noted below, restrict or prohibit impacts to the environment or the types, quantities and concentration of substances that can be released into the environment and can lead to substantial administrative, civil and criminal fines and penalties for non-compliance.

The Sabine Pass LNG Terminal is subject to the federal CAA and comparable state and local laws. We may be required to incur certain capital expenditures over the next several years for air pollution control equipment in connection with maintaining or obtaining permits and approvals addressing air emission-related issues. We do not believe, however, that our operations, or the construction and operations of our liquefaction facilities, will be materially and adversely affected by any such requirements.

As described in Market Factors and Competition, we expect that global demand for natural gas and LNG will continue to increase as nations seek more abundant, reliable and environmentally cleaner fuel alternatives to oil and coal. Our vision is to provide clean, secure and affordable energy to the world. This vision underpins our focus on responding to the world’s shared energy challenges—expanding the global supply of clean and affordable energy, improving air quality, reducing emissions and supporting the transition to a lower-carbon future. Our approach to corporate responsibility is guided by our Climate and Sustainability Principles: Transparency, Science, Supply Chain and Operational Excellence. In 2022, Cheniere published Acting Now, Securing Tomorrow, its third Corporate Responsibility (“CR”) report, which outlines Cheniere’s focus on sustainability and its performance on key environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) metrics. Cheniere’s CR report is available at www.cheniere.com/our-responsibility/reporting-center. Information on Cheniere’s website, including the CR report, is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Our total expenditures related to the climate initiatives, including capital expenditures, were not material to our Consolidated Financial Statements during the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020. However, as the transition to a lower-carbon economy continues to evolve, as described in Market Factors and Competition, we expect the scope and extent of our future initiatives to evolve accordingly. While we have not incurred material direct capital expenditures related to climate change, we aspire to conduct our business in a safe and responsible manner and are proactive in our management of environmental impacts, risks and opportunities. We face certain business and operational risks associated with physical impacts from climate change, such as potential increases in severe weather events or changes in weather patterns, in addition to transition risks. Please see Item 1A. Risk Factors for additional discussion.

We have no employees. We rely on our general partner to manage all aspects of the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal and the Liquefaction Project and to conduct our business. Because our general partner has no employees, it relies on subsidiaries of Cheniere to provide the personnel necessary to allow it to meet its management obligations to us, SPLNG, SPL and CTPL. As of December 31, 2022, Cheniere and its subsidiaries had 1,551 full-time employees, including 517 employees who directly supported the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal operations. See Note 14—Related Party Transactions of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the services agreements pursuant to which general and administrative services are provided to us, SPLNG, SPL and CTPL. 

We will also make available to any unitholder, without charge, copies of our annual report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC. For copies of this, or any other filing, please contact: Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P, Investor Relations Department, 700 Milam Street, Suite 1900, Houston, Texas 77002 or call (713) 375-5000. The SEC maintains an internet site (www.sec.gov) that contains reports and other information regarding issuers.

The risk factors in this report are grouped into the following categories:

•Risks Relating to Our Financial Matters;

•Risks Relating to Our Operations and Industry;

•Risks Relating to Regulations;

•Risks Relating to Our Relationship with Our General Partner;

•Risks Relating to an Investment in Us and Our Common Units; and

As of December 31, 2022, we had $904 million of cash and cash equivalents, $92 million of restricted cash and cash equivalents, a total of $1.6 billion of available commitments under our credit facilities and $16.3 billion of total debt outstanding on a consolidated basis (before unamortized premium, discount and debt issuance costs). SPL and CQP operate with independent capital structures as further detailed in Note 11—Debt of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. We incur, and will incur, significant interest expense relating to financing the assets at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal. Our ability to refinance our indebtedness will depend on our ability to access additional project financing as well as the debt and equity capital markets. A variety of factors beyond our control could impact the availability or cost of capital, including domestic or international economic conditions, increases in key benchmark interest rates and/or credit spreads, the adoption of new or amended banking or capital market laws or regulations and the repricing of market risks and volatility in capital and financial markets. Our financing costs could increase or future borrowings or equity offerings may be unavailable to us or unsuccessful, which could cause us to be unable to pay or refinance our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs. We also rely on borrowings under our credit facilities to fund our capital expenditures. If any of the lenders in the syndicates backing these facilities was unable to perform on its commitments, we may need to seek replacement financing, which may not be available as needed, or may be available in more limited amounts or on more expensive or otherwise unfavorable terms.

We use derivative instruments to manage commodity, currency and financial market risks. The extent of our derivative position at any given time depends on our assessments of the markets for these commodities and related exposures. We currently account for our derivatives at fair value, with immediate recognition of changes in the fair value in earnings, other than certain derivatives for which we have elected to apply accrual accounting, as described in Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Such valuations are primarily valued based on estimated forward commodity prices and are more susceptible to variability particularly when markets are volatile. As described in Results of Operations in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, our net income for the year ended December 31, 2022 includes $1.1 billion of losses resulting from changes in fair values of our derivatives, of which substantially all of such losses were related to commodity derivative instruments indexed to international LNG prices, mainly our IPM agreement.

In addition to restrictions on the ability of us and SPL to make distributions or incur additional indebtedness, the agreements governing their indebtedness also contain various other covenants that may prevent them from engaging in beneficial transactions, including limitations on their ability to:

•make certain investments;

•purchase, redeem or retire equity interests;

•issue preferred stock;

•sell or transfer assets;

•incur liens;

•enter into transactions with affiliates;

•consolidate, merge, sell or lease all or substantially all of its assets; and

•enter into sale and leaseback transactions.

Weather events such as major hurricanes and winter storms have caused interruptions or temporary suspension in construction or operations at our facilities or caused minor damage to our facilities. In August 2020, SPL entered into an arrangement with its affiliate to provide the ability, in limited circumstances, to potentially fulfill commitments to LNG buyers from the other facility in the event operational conditions impact operations at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal or at its affiliate’s terminal. During the year ended December 31, 2021, eight TBtu was loaded at affiliate facilities pursuant to this agreement. Our risk of loss related to weather events or other disasters is limited by contractual provisions in our SPAs, which can provide under certain circumstances relief from operational events, and partially mitigated by insurance we maintain. Aggregate direct and indirect losses associated with the aforementioned weather events, net of insurance reimbursements, have not historically been material to our Consolidated Financial Statements, and we believe our insurance coverages maintained, existence of certain protective clauses within our SPAs and other risk management strategies mitigate our exposure to material losses. However, future adverse weather events and collateral effects, or other disasters such as explosions, fires, floods or severe droughts, could cause damage to, or interruption of operations at our terminal or related infrastructure, which could impact our operating results, increase insurance premiums or deductibles paid and delay or increase costs associated with the construction and development of our other facilities. Our LNG terminal infrastructure and LNG facility located in or near Sabine Pass, Louisiana are designed in accordance with requirements of 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 193, Liquefied Natural Gas Facilities: Federal Safety Standards, and all applicable industry codes and standards.

shipping natural gas from producing regions or to end markets could be adversely impacted. Such disruptions to our third party supply of natural gas may also be caused by weather events or other disasters described in the risk factor Catastrophic weather events or other disasters could result in an interruption of our operations, a delay in the construction of our Liquefaction Project, damage to our Liquefaction Project and increased insurance costs, all of which could adversely affect us. While certain contractual provisions in our SPAs can limit the potential impact of disruptions, and historical indirect losses incurred by us as a result of disruptions to our third party supply of natural gas have not been material, any significant disruption to our natural gas supply where we may not be protected could result in a substantial reduction in our revenues under our long-term SPAs or other customer arrangements, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.

Under the SPAs with our customers, we are required to make available to them a specified amount of LNG at specified times. The supply of natural gas to our Liquefaction Project to meet our LNG production requirements timely and at sufficient quantities is critical to our operations and the fulfillment of our customer contracts. However, we may not be able to purchase or receive physical delivery of natural gas as a result of various factors, including non-delivery or untimely delivery by our suppliers, depletion of natural gas reserves within regional basins and disruptions to pipeline operations as described in the risk factor Disruptions to the third party supply of natural gas to our pipelines and facilities could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects. Our risk is in part mitigated by the diversification of our natural gas supply and transport across suppliers and pipelines, and regionally across basins, and additionally, we have provisions within our supplier contracts that provide certain protections against non-performance. Further, provisions within our SPAs provide certain protection against force majeure events. While historically we have not incurred significant or prolonged disruptions to our natural gas supply that have resulted in a material adverse impact to our operations, due to the criticality of natural gas supply to our production of LNG, our failure to purchase or receive physical delivery of sufficient quantities of natural gas under circumstances where we may not be protected could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.

Our LNG business and the development of domestic LNG facilities and projects generally is based on assumptions about the future availability and price of natural gas and LNG and the prospects for international natural gas and LNG markets. Natural gas and LNG prices have been, and are likely to continue to be, volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to one or more of the following factors:

•competitive liquefaction capacity in North America;

•insufficient or oversupply of natural gas liquefaction or receiving capacity worldwide;

•insufficient LNG tanker capacity;

•weather conditions, including temperature volatility resulting from climate change, and extreme weather events may lead to unexpected distortion in the balance of international LNG supply and demand;

•reduced demand and lower prices for natural gas;

•increased natural gas production deliverable by pipelines, which could suppress demand for LNG;

•decreased oil and natural gas exploration activities which may decrease the production of natural gas, including as a result of any potential ban on production of natural gas through hydraulic fracturing;

•cost improvements that allow competitors to provide natural gas liquefaction capabilities at reduced prices;

•changes in supplies of, and prices for, alternative energy sources which may reduce the demand for natural gas;

•changes in regulatory, tax or other governmental policies regarding imported LNG, natural gas or alternative energy sources, which may reduce the demand for imported LNG and/or natural gas;

•political conditions in customer regions;

•sudden decreases in demand for LNG as a result of natural disasters or public health crises, including the occurrence of a pandemic, and other catastrophic events;

•adverse relative demand for LNG compared to other markets, which may decrease LNG imports from North America; and

•cyclical trends in general business and economic conditions that cause changes in the demand for natural gas.

As described in Market Factors and Competition, it is expected that global demand for natural gas and LNG will continue to increase as nations seek more abundant, reliable and environmentally cleaner fuel alternatives to alternative fossil fuel energy sources such as oil and coal. However, as a result of transitions globally from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources, LNG may face increased competition from alternative, cleaner sources of energy as such alternative sources emerge. Additionally, LNG from the Liquefaction Project also competes with other sources of LNG, including LNG that is priced to indices other than Henry Hub. Some of these sources of energy may be available at a lower cost than LNG from the Liquefaction Project in certain markets. The cost of LNG supplies from the United States, including the Liquefaction Project, may also be impacted by an increase in natural gas prices in the United States.

As described in Market Factors and Competition, we have contracted through our SPAs and IPM agreements approximately 85% of the total production capacity from the Liquefaction Project with approximately 15 years of weighted average remaining life as of December 31, 2022. However, as a result of the factors described above and other factors, the LNG we produce may not remain a long term competitive source of energy internationally, particularly when our existing long term contracts begin to expire. Any significant impediment to the ability to continue to secure long term commercial contracts or deliver LNG from the United States could have a material adverse effect on our customers and on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.

Our Liquefaction Project is subject to the risk of LNG price competition at times when we need to replace any existing SPA, whether due to natural expiration, default or otherwise, or enter into new SPAs. Factors relating to competition may prevent us from entering into a new or replacement SPA on economically comparable terms as existing SPAs, or at all. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects. Factors which may negatively affect potential demand for LNG from our Liquefaction Project are diverse and include, among others:

•increases in worldwide LNG production capacity and availability of LNG for market supply;

•increases in demand for LNG but at levels below those required to maintain current price equilibrium with respect to supply;

•increases in the cost to supply natural gas feedstock to our Liquefaction Project;

•decreases in the cost of competing sources of natural gas or alternate fuels such as coal, heavy fuel oil and diesel;

•decreases in the price of non-U.S. LNG, including decreases in price as a result of contracts indexed to lower oil prices;

•increases in capacity and utilization of nuclear power and related facilities; and

•displacement of LNG by pipeline natural gas or alternate fuels in locations where access to these energy sources is not currently available.

Our facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal are critical infrastructure and continued to operate during the COVID-19 pandemic through our implementation of workplace controls and pandemic risk reduction measures. While the COVID-19 pandemic, including the Delta and Omicron variants, has had no adverse impact on our on-going operations, the risk of future variants is unknown. While we believe we can continue to mitigate any significant adverse impact to our employees and

The PHMSA requires pipeline operators to develop management programs to safely operate and maintain their pipelines and to comprehensively evaluate certain areas along their pipelines and take additional measures where necessary to protect pipeline segments located in “high or moderate consequence areas” where a leak or rupture could potentially do the most harm. As an operator, we are required to:

•perform ongoing assessments of pipeline safety and compliance;

•identify and characterize applicable threats to pipeline segments that could impact a high consequence area;

•improve data collection, integration and analysis;

•repair and remediate the pipeline as necessary; and

•implement preventative and mitigating actions.

The executive officers of our general partner are officers and employees of Cheniere and its affiliates. We do not maintain key person life insurance policies on any personnel, and our general partner does not have any employment contracts or other agreements with key personnel binding them to provide services for any particular term. The loss of the services of any of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business. In addition, our future success will depend in part on our general partner’s ability to engage, and Cheniere’s ability to attract and retain, additional qualified personnel.

Cheniere owns and controls our general partner, which has sole responsibility for conducting our business and managing our operations. Some of our general partner’s directors are also directors of Cheniere, and certain of our general partner’s officers are officers of Cheniere. Therefore, conflicts of interest may arise between Cheniere and its affiliates, including our general partner, on the one hand, and us and our unitholders, on the other hand. In resolving these conflicts, our general partner may favor its own interests and the interests of its affiliates over the interests of us and our unitholders. These conflicts include, among others, the following situations:

•neither our partnership agreement nor any other agreement requires Cheniere to pursue a business strategy that favors us. Cheniere’s directors and officers have a fiduciary duty to make these decisions in favor of the owners of Cheniere, which may be contrary to our interests:

•our general partner controls the interpretation and enforcement of contractual obligations between us, on the one hand, and Cheniere, on the other hand, including provisions governing administrative services and acquisitions;

•our general partner is allowed to take into account the interests of parties other than us, such as Cheniere and its affiliates, in resolving conflicts of interest, which has the effect of limiting its fiduciary duty to us and our unitholders;

•our general partner has limited its liability and reduced its fiduciary duties under the partnership agreement, while also restricting the remedies available to our unitholders for actions that, without these limitations, might constitute breaches of fiduciary duty;

•Cheniere is not limited in its ability to compete with us. Cheniere is not restricted from competing with us and is free to develop, operate and dispose of, and is currently developing, LNG facilities, pipelines and other assets without any obligation to offer us the opportunity to develop or acquire those assets;

•our general partner determines the amount and timing of asset purchases and sales, capital expenditures, borrowings, issuances of additional partnership securities, and the establishment, increase or decrease in the amounts of reserves, each of which can affect the amount of cash that is distributed to our unitholders;

•our general partner determines the amount and timing of any capital expenditures and whether a capital expenditure is a maintenance capital expenditure, which reduces operating surplus, or an expansion capital expenditure, which does not reduce operating surplus. This determination can affect the amount of cash that is distributed to our unitholders;

•our partnership agreement does not restrict our general partner from causing us to pay it or its affiliates for any services rendered on terms that are fair and reasonable to us or entering into additional contractual arrangements with any of these entities on our behalf;

•our general partner intends to limit its liability regarding our contractual and other obligations and, in some circumstances, is entitled to be indemnified by us;

•our general partner may exercise its limited right to call and purchase common units if it and its affiliates own more than 80% of the common units; and

•our general partner decides whether to retain separate counsel, accountants or others to perform services for us.

Our partnership agreement contains provisions that reduce the standards to which our general partner would otherwise be held by state fiduciary duty law. For example, our partnership agreement:

•permits our general partner to make a number of decisions in its individual capacity, as opposed to in its capacity as our general partner. This entitles our general partner to consider only the interests and factors that it desires, and it has no duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of, or factors affecting, us, our affiliates or any limited partner. Examples include the exercise of its limited call right, the exercise of its rights to transfer or vote the units it owns, the exercise of its registration rights and its determination whether or not to consent to any merger or consolidation of the partnership or amendment to the partnership agreement;

•provides that our general partner will not have any liability to us or our unitholders for decisions made in its capacity as general partner, as long as it acted in good faith, meaning that it believed the decision was in the best interests of our partnership, including in resolution of conflicts of interest;

•generally provides that affiliated transactions and resolutions of conflicts of interest not approved by the conflicts committee of the board of directors of our general partner and not involving a vote of unitholders must be on terms no less favorable to us than those generally being provided to or available from unrelated third parties or be “fair and reasonable” to us and that, in determining whether a transaction or resolution is “fair and reasonable,” our general partner may consider the totality of the relationships between the parties involved, including other transactions that may be particularly favorable or advantageous to us;

•provides that our general partner, its affiliates and their officers and directors will not be liable for monetary damages to us or our limited partners for any acts or omissions unless there has been a final and non-appealable judgment entered by a court of competent jurisdiction determining that our general partner or those other persons acted in bad faith or engaged in fraud, willful misconduct or, in the case of a criminal matter, acted with knowledge that such conduct was criminal; and

•provides that in resolving conflicts of interest, it will be presumed that in making its decision the conflicts committee or the general partner acted in good faith, and in any proceedings brought by or on behalf of any limited partner or us, the person bringing or prosecuting such proceeding will have the burden of overcoming such presumption.

The vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of all outstanding common units (including any units owned by our general partner and its affiliates), voting together as a single class is required to remove our general partner. Cheniere owns 48.6% of our outstanding common units, but it is contractually prohibited from voting our units that it holds in favor of the removal of our general partner.

In addition to federal income taxes, our unitholders will likely be subject to other taxes, including state and local income taxes, unincorporated business taxes and estate, inheritance or intangible taxes that are imposed by the various jurisdictions in which we do business or own property, even if the unitholder does not live in any of those jurisdictions. Our unitholders may be required to file state and local income tax returns and pay state and local income taxes in some or all of these various jurisdictions. Furthermore, our unitholders may be subject to penalties for failure to comply with those requirements. As we make acquisitions or expand our business, we may own property or conduct business in additional states or foreign countries that impose a personal tax or an entity level tax. Unitholders may be subject to penalties for failure to comply with those requirements. It is the responsibility of our unitholders to file all United States federal, state and local tax returns.

We consider cash distributions to unitholders on a quarterly basis, although there is no assurance as to the future cash distributions since they are dependent upon future earnings, cash flows, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors. The 2019 CQP Credit Facilities described in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations may also limit our ability to make distributions.

						Total Quarterly Distribution Target Amount						Marginal Percentage Interest Distributions
												Common and Subordinated Unitholders						General Partner
Initial quarterly distribution						$0.425						98%						2%
First Target Distribution						Above $0.425 up to $0.489						98%						2%
Second Target Distribution						Above $0.489 up to $0.531						85%						15%
Third Target Distribution						Above $0.531 up to $0.638						75%						25%
Thereafter						Above $0.638						50%						50%

The following discussion and analysis presents management’s view of our business, financial condition and overall performance and should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and the accompanying notes. This information is intended to provide investors with an understanding of our past performance, current financial condition and outlook for the future. Discussion of 2020 items and variance drivers between the year ended December 31, 2021 as compared to December 31, 2020 are not included herein and can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021.

Our discussion and analysis includes the following subjects: 

•Overview 

•Overview of Significant Events

•Market Environment

•Results of Operations 

•Liquidity and Capital Resources 

•Summary of Critical Accounting Estimates

•Recent Accounting Standards

We are a limited partnership formed by Cheniere to provide clean, secure and affordable LNG to integrated energy companies, utilities and energy trading companies around the world. We own the natural gas liquefaction and export facility located at Sabine Pass, Louisiana (the “Sabine Pass LNG Terminal”) with six operational Trains. In addition to natural gas liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal (the “Liquefaction Project”), the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal also has operational regasification facilities and a pipeline that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal with a number of large interstate and intrastate pipelines. For further discussion of our business, see Items 1. and 2. Business and Properties.

Our long-term customer arrangements form the foundation of our business and provide us with significant, stable, long-term cash flows. We contract our anticipated production capacity under SPAs, in which our customers are generally required to pay a fixed fee with respect to the contracted volumes irrespective of their election to cancel or suspend deliveries of LNG cargoes, and under IPM agreements, in which the gas producer sells natural gas to us on a global LNG index price, less a fixed liquefaction fee, shipping and other costs. Through our SPAs and IPM agreement, we have contracted approximately 85% of the total production capacity from the Liquefaction Project with approximately 15 years of weighted average remaining life as of December 31, 2022. We believe that continued global demand for natural gas and LNG, as further described in Market Factors and Competition in Items 1. and 2. Business and Properties, will provide a foundation for additional growth in our business in the future.

•In February 2023, certain of our subsidiaries initiated the pre-filing review process with the FERC under the National Environmental Policy Act for an expansion adjacent to the Liquefaction Project consisting of up to three Trains with an expected total production capacity of approximately 20 mtpa of LNG.

•In November 2022, SPL and Cheniere Marketing entered into an SPA for approximately 0.85 mtpa of LNG associated with the IPM agreement between SPL and Tourmaline Oil Marketing Corp., a subsidiary of Tourmaline Oil Corp (as supplier) (“Tourmaline”), discussed below.

•On September 23, 2022, Corey Grindal, Executive Vice President, Worldwide Trading and Tim Wyatt, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, were appointed to the Board of Directors of Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC (“Cheniere GP”). Mr. Grindal was also promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Cheniere GP, effective January 2, 2023.

•In June 2022, SPL entered into an SPA with Chevron U.S.A. Inc. (“Chevron”) to sell Chevron approximately 1.0 mtpa of LNG between 2026 and 2042.

•In June 2022, Chevron entered into an agreement with SPLNG providing for the early termination of the TUA and an associated terminal marine services agreement (“TMSA”) between the parties and their affiliates (the “Termination Agreement”), effective July 6, 2022, for a lump sum fee of $765 million.

•In February 2022, in connection with a prior commitment from Cheniere to collateralize financing for Train 6 of the Liquefaction Project:

◦Cheniere Marketing entered into agreements to novate to SPL certain SPAs entered into with ENN LNG (Singapore) Pte Ltd. and a subsidiary of Glencore plc, with effective dates of January 1, 2023 and February 17, 2022, respectively, aggregating approximately 21 million tonnes of LNG to be delivered between 2023 and 2035.

◦The board of directors of Cheniere Partners GP approved the entry by SPL into (1) an agreement to novate to SPL an IPM agreement between Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage III, LLC (“CCL Stage III”), formerly a wholly owned direct subsidiary of Cheniere (as purchaser) that merged with and into Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, and Tourmaline to purchase 140,000 MMBtu per day of natural gas at a price based on Platts Japan Korea Marker (“JKM”), for a term of approximately 15 years beginning in early 2023 (the “Tourmaline IPM”) and (2) a FOB SPA with Cheniere Marketing International LLP to sell LNG associated with the natural gas to be supplied under the IPM agreement. The agreement to assign the Tourmaline IPM agreement from CCL Stage III to SPL was executed and the assignment was effective on March 15, 2022.

•As of February 17, 2023, approximately 1,990 cumulative LNG cargoes totaling over 135 million tonnes of LNG have been produced, loaded and exported from the Liquefaction Project.

•On October 27, 2022, substantial completion of the third berth at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal was achieved.

•On February 4, 2022, substantial completion of Train 6 of the Liquefaction Project was achieved (the “Train 6 Completion”).

•In December and November 2022, SPL issued an aggregate principal amount of $70 million of 6.293% Senior Secured Notes due 2037 (the “6.293% SPL Senior Notes”) and $430 million of 5.900% Senior Secured Amortizing Notes due 2037 (the “5.900% SPL Senior Notes”), respectively, with a weighted average life of approximately 9.6 years and 9.5 years, respectively. The proceeds from the 6.293% SPL Senior Notes and the 5.900% SPL Senior Notes, together with cash on hand, were used to redeem the remaining outstanding amount of SPL’s $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “2023 SPL Senior Notes”), subsequent to the $300 million redemption in October 2022.

•In September 2022, Moody’s Corporation (“Moody’s”) upgraded its issuer credit ratings of CQP and SPL from Ba2 and Baa3, respectively, to Ba1 and Baa2, respectively, with a stable outlook. Additionally in September 2022, Fitch Ratings upgraded its issuer credit ratings of CQP and SPL from BB+ and BBB-, respectively, to BBB- and BBB, respectively, both investment grade credit ratings, with a stable outlook. In November 2022, CQP achieved its second issuer investment grade credit rating from S&P Global Ratings (“S&P”), as a result of an upgrade from BB+ to BBB, with a stable outlook, which resulted in the release of previous required collateral on CQP’s revolving credit facility, changing the status of the facility to unsecured. In February 2023, S&P also upgraded its issuer credit ratings of SPL from BBB to BBB+ with stable outlook.

•We declared aggregate distributions of $4.25 per common unit during the year ended December 31, 2022. On January 27, 2023, we declared a cash distribution of $1.07 per common unit to unitholders of record as of

February 6, 2023 and the related general partner distribution that was paid on February 14, 2023. These distributions consist of a base amount of $0.775 per unit and a variable amount of $0.295 per unit.

•In February 2022, we announced the initiation of quarterly distributions to be comprised of a base amount plus a variable amount, which began with the distribution related to the first quarter of 2022. The variable amount takes into consideration, among other things, amounts reserved for annual debt repayment and capital allocation goals, anticipated capital expenditures to be funded with cash and cash reserves to provide for the proper conduct of the business.

												Year Ended December 31,
(in millions, except per unit data)																		2022						2021						Variance
Revenues
LNG revenues																		$	11,507					$	7,639					$	3,868
LNG revenues—affiliate																		4,568						1,472						3,096
LNG revenues—related party																		—						1						(1)
Regasification revenues																		1,068						269						799
Other revenues																		63						53						10
Total revenues																		17,206						9,434						7,772
Operating costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding items shown separately below)																		11,887						5,290						6,597
Cost of sales—affiliate																		213						84						129
Cost of sales—related party																		—						17						(17)
Operating and maintenance expense																		757						635						122
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate																		166						142						24
Operating and maintenance expense—related party																		72						46						26
General and administrative expense																		5						9						(4)
General and administrative expense—affiliate																		92						85						7
Depreciation and amortization expense																		634						557						77
Other																		—						11						(11)
Other—affiliate																		—						1						(1)
Total operating costs and expenses																		13,826						6,877						6,949
Income from operations																		3,380						2,557						823
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest																		(870)						(831)						(39)
Loss on modification or extinguishment of debt																		(33)						(101)						68
Other income, net																		21						3						18
Other income—affiliate																		—						2						(2)
Total other expense																		(882)						(927)						45
Net income																		$	2,498					$	1,630					$	868
Basic and diluted net income per common unit																		$	3.27					$	3.00					$	0.27

									Year Ended December 31,
																					2022						2021												Variance
LNG volumes loaded and recognized as revenues (in TBtu) (1)																					1,520						1,288												232

(1)The year ended December 31, 2021 includes eight TBtu that were loaded at our affiliate’s facility.

•increased LNG revenues, net of cost of sales and excluding the effect of derivative losses (as further described below), of $1.4 billion, approximately half of which was attributable to higher margins on sales indexed to Henry Hub, with variable consideration on our long-term SPAs generally priced at 115% of Henry Hub, and half of which was attributable to increased volume delivered between the comparable periods, in part due to the Train 6 Completion; and

•additional income resulting from the lump sum fee from Chevron of $765 million related to the Termination Agreement, as discussed in Overview of Significant Events;

•an unfavorable variance of $1.2 billion in derivative losses from changes in fair value in the year ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the same period of 2021. During the year ended December 31, 2022 we incurred losses of $757 million on the derivative liability associated with the Tourmaline IPM agreement following its assignment to SPL from CCL Stage III in March 2022. See Overview of Significant Events for further discussion of the assignment. The associated losses following the assignment were primarily attributed to SPL’s lower credit risk profile relative to that of CCL Stage III, resulting in a higher derivative liability given reduced risk of SPL’s own nonperformance, and unfavorable shifts in the international forward commodity curve.

•$5.2 billion increase due to higher pricing per MMBtu, from increased Henry Hub pricing;

•$1.8 billion increase due to higher volumes of LNG delivered between the periods, which increased 38 TBtu or 5%, as result of the additional production capacity of approximately 5 mtpa arising from the Train 6 Completion; and

•$799 million increase in regasification revenues, due to the acceleration of regasification revenues from the Termination Agreement with Chevron, as described above in Overview of Significant Events.

•$5.5 billion increase in cost of sales excluding the effect of derivative losses described below, primarily as a result of $5.4 billion in increased cost of natural gas feedstock largely due to higher U.S. natural gas prices and, to a lesser extent, from increased volume of natural gas liquified and delivered as LNG, as discussed above under the caption Revenues; and

•$1.2 billion unfavorable variance in derivative losses from changes in fair value and settlements included in cost of sales, from $32 million derivative gain in the year ended December 31, 2021 to $1.2 billion derivative loss in the year ended December 31, 2022, primarily due to non-cash unfavorable changes in fair value of our commodity derivatives that are attributed to positions indexed to international gas prices, specifically associated with the Tourmaline IPM agreement that was assigned to us as discussed in Net income above.

•$68 million decrease in loss on modification or extinguishment of debt, primarily due to a reduction in premiums paid for the early redemption or repayment of debt principal, as further described under Financing Cash Flows in Sources and Uses of Cash within Liquidity and Capital Resources, partially offset by a $31 million loss associated with a premium paid to Chevron to terminate a revenue sharing agreement between the parties; partially offset by

•$39 million increase in interest expense, net of capitalized interest, as a result of a result of a lower portion of total interest costs eligible for capitalization following the Train 6 Completion, which was partially offset by lower interest cost as a result of reduced outstanding debt between the periods.

In addition to sources and uses of liquidity as discussed in Liquidity and Capital Resources, below are additional significant factors that affect our results of operations.

Derivative instruments are utilized to manage our exposure to commodity-related marketing and price risks and are reported at fair value on our Consolidated Financial Statements. For commodity derivative instruments related to our IPM agreement assigned to us during the year ended December 31, 2022 as described further in Overview of Significant Events, the underlying LNG sales being economically hedged are accounted for under the accrual method of accounting, whereby revenues expected to be derived from the future LNG sales are recognized only upon delivery or realization of the underlying transaction. Because the recognition of derivative instruments at fair value has the effect of recognizing gains or losses relating to future period exposure, and given the significant volumes, long-term duration and volatility in price basis for certain of our derivative contracts, use of derivative instruments may result in continued volatility of our results of operations based on changes in

			December 31, 2022
Cash and cash equivalents			$	904
Restricted cash and cash equivalents designated for the Liquefaction Project			92
Available commitments under our credit facilities (1):
SPL’s Working capital revolving credit and letter of credit reimbursement agreement			872
CQP’s credit facilities			750
Total available commitments under our credit facilities			1,622
Total available liquidity			$	2,618

(1)Available commitments represent total commitments less loans outstanding and letters of credit issued under each of our credit facilities as of December 31, 2022. See Note 11—Debt of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on our credit facilities and other debt instruments.

Our liquidity position subsequent to December 31, 2022 will be driven by future sources of liquidity and future cash requirements as further discussed below under the caption Future Sources and Uses of Liquidity.

Although our sources and uses of cash are presented below from a consolidated standpoint, we and our subsidiary SPL operate with independent capital structures. Certain restrictions under debt instruments executed by SPL limit its ability to distribute cash, including the following:

•SPL is required to deposit all cash received into restricted cash and cash equivalents accounts under certain of their debt agreements. The usage or withdrawal of such cash is restricted to the payment of liabilities related to the Liquefaction Project and other restricted payments. In addition, SPL’s operating expenses are managed by subsidiaries of Cheniere under affiliate agreements, which may require SPL to advance cash to the respective affiliates, however the cash remains restricted to CQP for operation and construction of the Liquefaction Project; and

•SPL is restricted by affirmative and negative covenants included in certain of its debt agreements in its ability to make certain payments, including distributions, unless specific requirements are satisfied.

Notwithstanding the restrictions noted above, we believe that sufficient flexibility exists to enable each independent capital structure to meet its currently anticipated cash requirements. The sources of liquidity at SPL primarily fund the cash requirements of SPL, and any remaining liquidity not subject to restriction, as supplemented by liquidity provided by SPLNG, is available to enable CQP to meet its cash requirements.

Summarized Balance Sheets (in millions)						December 31,
						2022						2021
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents						$	904					$	876
Accounts receivable from Non-Guarantors						55						49
Other current assets						40						53
Current assets—affiliate						171						137
Current assets with Non-Guarantors						—						1
Total current assets						1,170						1,116
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation						2,946						2,422
Other non-current assets, net						109						119
Total assets						$	4,225					$	3,657
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Due to affiliates						$	193					$	167
Deferred revenue from Non-Guarantors						24						22
Other current liabilities						95						95
Other current liabilities from Non-Guarantors						2						—
Total current liabilities						314						284
Long-term debt, net of premium, discount and debt issuance costs						4,159						4,154
Finance lease liabilities						18						—
Other non-current liabilities						78						87
Non-current liabilities—affiliate						18						15
Total liabilities						$	4,587					$	4,540

Summarized Statement of Income (in millions)						Year Ended December 31, 2022
Revenues						$	1,132
Revenues from Non-Guarantors						544
Total revenues						1,676
Operating costs and expenses						208
Operating costs and expenses—affiliate						203
Total operating costs and expenses						411
Income from operations						1,265
Net income						1,045

						Estimated Revenues Under Executed Contracts by Period (1)
						2023						2024 - 2027						Thereafter						Total
LNG revenues (fixed fees) (2)						$	3.7					$	14.7					$	34.4					$	52.8
LNG revenues (variable fees) (2) (3)						8.1						30.6						69.9						108.6
Regasification revenues						0.1						0.5						0.2						0.8
Total						$	11.9					$	45.8					$	104.5					$	162.2

(1)Agreements in force as of December 31, 2022 that have terms dependent on project milestone dates are based on the estimated dates as of December 31, 2022. The timing of revenue recognition under GAAP may not align with cash receipts, although we do not consider the timing difference to be material. The estimates above reflect management’s assumptions and currently known market conditions and other factors as of December 31, 2022. Estimates are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially as a result of a variety of factors described in this annual report on Form 10-K.

(2)LNG revenues (including $2.0 billion and $12.9 billion of fixed fees and variable fees, respectively, from affiliates) exclude revenues from contracts with original expected durations of one year or less. Fixed fees are fees that are due to us regardless of whether a customer exercises their contractual right to not take delivery of an LNG cargo under the contract. Variable fees are receivable only in connection with LNG cargoes that are delivered.

(3)LNG revenues (variable fees, including affiliate) reflect the assumption that customers elect to take delivery of all cargoes made available under the contract. LNG revenues (variable fees, including affiliate) are based on estimated forward prices and basis spreads as of December 31, 2022. The pricing structure of our SPA arrangements with our customers incorporates a variable fee per MMBtu of LNG generally equal to 115% of Henry Hub, which is paid upon delivery, thus limiting our net exposure to future increases in natural gas prices. Certain of our contracts contain additional variable consideration based on the outcome of contingent events and the movement of various indexes. We have not included such variable consideration to the extent the consideration is considered constrained due to the uncertainty of ultimate pricing and receipt.

Through our SPAs and IPM agreement, we have contracted approximately 85% of the total production capacity from the Liquefaction Project, with approximately 15 years of weighted average remaining life as of December 31, 2022. The majority of the contracted capacity is comprised of fixed-price, long-term SPAs that SPL has executed with third parties to sell LNG from the Liquefaction Project. Under the SPAs, the customers purchase LNG on a free on board (“FOB”) basis for a price consisting of a fixed fee per MMBtu of LNG (a portion of which is subject to annual adjustment for inflation) plus a variable fee per MMBtu of LNG generally equal to 115% of Henry Hub. Certain customers may elect to cancel or suspend deliveries of LNG cargoes, with advance notice as governed by each respective SPA, in which case the customers would still be required to pay the fixed fee with respect to the contracted volumes that are not delivered as a result of such cancellation or suspension. The variable fees under our SPAs were generally sized with the intention to cover the costs of gas purchases and variable transportation and liquefaction fuel to produce the LNG to be sold under each such SPA. In aggregate, the annual fixed fee portion to be paid by the third party SPA customers is approximately $3.4 billion for the Liquefaction Project. Our long-term SPA customers consist of creditworthy counterparties, with an average credit rating of A, A2 and A by S&P, Moody’s and Fitch, respectively. A discussion of revenues under our SPAs can be found in Note 13—Revenues of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

SPLNG has also entered into a TUA with SPL to reserve approximately 2 Bcf/d of the regasification capacity at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal. SPL is obligated to make monthly capacity payments to SPLNG aggregating approximately $250 million annually, prior to inflation adjustments, continuing until at least May 2036. SPL entered into a partial TUA assignment agreement with TotalEnergies, whereby SPL gained access to substantially all of TotalEnergies’ capacity and other services provided under TotalEnergies’ TUA with SPLNG that started in 2019. Notwithstanding any arrangements between TotalEnergies and SPL, payments required to be made by TotalEnergies to SPLNG will continue to be made by TotalEnergies to SPLNG in accordance with its TUA. Payments made by SPL to TotalEnergies under this partial TUA assignment agreement are included in other purchase obligations in the Future Cash Requirements for Operations and Capital Expenditures under Executed Contracts table below. Full discussion of the partial TUA assignment and SPLNG’s TUA agreements can be found in Note 13—Revenues of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

						Estimated Payments Due Under Executed Contracts by Period (1)
						2023						2024 - 2027						Thereafter						Total
Purchase obligations (2):
Natural gas supply agreements (3)						$	6.4					$	12.7					$	7.3					$	26.4
Natural gas transportation and storage service agreements (4)						0.3						1.1						2.3						3.7
Other purchase obligations (5)						0.3						0.9						1.2						2.4
Leases (6)						—						0.1						0.1						0.2
Total						$	7.0					$	14.8					$	10.9					$	32.7

(1)Agreements in force as of December 31, 2022 that have terms dependent on project milestone dates are based on the estimated dates as of December 31, 2022. The estimates above reflect management’s assumptions and currently known market conditions and other factors as of December 31, 2022. Estimates are not guarantees of future

performance and actual results may differ materially as a result of a variety of factors described in this annual report on Form 10-K.

(2)Purchase obligations consist of agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding that specify fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased. We include contracts for which we have an early termination option if the option is not currently expected to be exercised. We include contracts with unsatisfied conditions precedent if the conditions are currently expected to be met.

(3)Pricing of natural gas supply agreements is based on estimated forward prices and basis spreads as of December 31, 2022. Pricing of our IPM agreement is based on global gas market prices less fixed liquefaction fees and certain costs incurred by us. Includes $0.4 billion under natural gas supply agreements with unsatisfied conditions precedent.

(4)Includes $0.3 billion of purchase obligations to related parties under the natural gas transportation and storage service agreements.

(5)Other purchase obligations include payments under SPL’s partial TUA assignment agreement with TotalEnergies, as discussed in Regasification Revenues above, and $1.3 billion of purchase obligations to affiliates under service agreements.

(6)Leases include payments under operating leases and finance leases. Certain of our leases also contain variable payments, such as inflation, which are not included above unless the contract terms require the payment of a fixed amount that is unavoidable. Payments during renewal options that are exercisable at our sole discretion are included only to the extent that the option is believed to be reasonably certain to be exercised.

As of December 31, 2022, we have secured approximately 84% of the natural gas supply required to support the total forecasted production capacity of the Liquefaction Project during 2023. Natural gas supply secured decreases as a percentage of forecasted production capacity beyond 2023. Natural gas supply is generally secured on an indexed pricing basis, with title transfer occurring upon receipt of the commodity. As further described in the LNG Revenues section above, the pricing structure of our SPA arrangements with our customers incorporates a variable fee per MMBtu of LNG generally equal to 115% of Henry Hub, which is paid upon delivery, thus limiting our net exposure to future increases in natural gas prices. Inclusive of amounts under contracts with unsatisfied conditions precedent as of December 31, 2022, we have secured up to 5,785 TBtu of natural gas feedstock through agreements with remaining terms that range up to 15 years. A discussion of our natural gas supply and IPM agreements can be found in Note 8—Derivative Instruments of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

Although we do not currently have any material capital expenditures under executed contracts, we expect to incur ongoing capital expenditures to maintain our facilities and other assets, as well as to optimize our existing assets and purchase new assets that are intended to grow our productive capacity. See Financially Disciplined Growth section for further discussion.

We have entered into leases for the use of tug vessels and land sites. A discussion of our lease obligations can be found in Note 12—Leases of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

We rely on our general partner to manage all aspects of the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal and the Liquefaction Project and to conduct our business. Because our general partner has no employees, it relies on subsidiaries of Cheniere to provide the personnel necessary to allow it to meet its management obligations to us, SPLNG, SPL and CTPL. As of December 31, 2022, Cheniere and its subsidiaries had 1,551 full-time employees, including 517 employees who directly supported the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal operations. See Note 14—Related Party Transactions of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of the services agreements pursuant to which general and administrative services are provided to us, SPLNG, SPL and CTPL. 

						Estimated Payments Due Under Executed Contracts by Period (1)
						2023						2024 - 2027						Thereafter						Total
Debt (2)						$	—					$	7.2					$	9.1					$	16.3
Interest payments (2)						0.8						2.3						1.2						4.3
Total						$	0.8					$	9.5					$	10.3					$	20.6

(1)The estimates above reflect management’s assumptions and currently known market conditions and other factors as of December 31, 2022. Estimates are not guarantees of future performance and actual results may differ materially as a result of a variety of factors described in this annual report on Form 10-K.

(2)Debt and interest payments are based on the total debt balance, scheduled contractual maturities and fixed or estimated forward interest rates in effect at December 31, 2022. Debt and interest payments do not contemplate repurchases, repayments and retirements that we expect to make prior to contractual maturity. See further discussion in Note 11—Debt of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

As of December 31, 2022, our debt complex was comprised of senior notes with an aggregate outstanding principal balance of $16.3 billion and credit facilities with no outstanding balances. As of December 31, 2022, we and SPL were in compliance with all covenants related to their respective debt agreements. Further discussion of our debt obligations, including the restrictions imposed by these arrangements, can be found in Note 11—Debt of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

			Year Ended December 31,
			2022						2021
Net cash provided by operating activities			$	4,149					$	2,291
Net cash used in investing activities			(451)						(648)
Net cash used in financing activities			(3,676)						(1,976)
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash and cash equivalents			$	22					$	(333)

Our operating cash net inflows during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were $4.1 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively. The $1.9 billion increase was primarily related to increased cash receipts from the sale of LNG cargoes due to higher revenue per MMBtu, higher volume of LNG delivered. Additionally, a portion of the increase was related to the receipt of the lump sum Termination Fee from Chevron related to the Termination Agreement, as further described in Overview of Significant Events, of which $796 million of cash inflows were allocable to the termination of the TUA, while an offsetting $31 million was recognized as a loss on extinguishment of debt allocable to a premium paid to Chevron to terminate a revenue sharing arrangement with them that was accounted for as debt, as discussed below under Financing Cash Flows. Partially offsetting these operating cash inflows were higher operating cash outflows primarily due to higher natural gas feedstock costs.

																								Total Distribution (in millions)
Date Paid						Period Covered by Distribution						Distribution Per Common Unit												Common Units												General Partner Units						Incentive Distribution Rights
November 14, 2022						July 1 - September 30, 2022						$	1.070											$	518											$	15					$	220
August 12, 2022						April 1 - June 30, 2022						1.060												513												15						215
May 13, 2022						January 1 - March 31, 2022						1.050												508												15						210
February 14, 2022						October 1 - December 31, 2021						0.700												339												8						47
November 12, 2021						July 1 - September 30, 2021						$	0.680											$	329											$	8					$	39
August 13, 2021						April 1 - June 30, 2021						0.665												322												7						32
May 14, 2021						January 1 - March 31, 2021						0.660												320												7						30
February 12, 2021						October 1 - December 31, 2020						0.655												316												7						27

All derivative instruments are recorded at fair value, other than certain derivatives for which we have elected to apply accrual accounting, as described in Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. We record changes in the fair value of our derivative positions through earnings based on the value for which the derivative instrument could be exchanged between willing parties. Valuation of our physical liquefaction supply derivative contracts is often developed through the use of internal models which includes significant unobservable inputs representing Level 3 fair value measurements as further described in Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In instances where observable data is unavailable, consideration is given to the assumptions that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. This includes assumptions about market risks, such as future prices of energy units for unobservable periods, liquidity and adjustments for transportation prices, and associated events deriving fair value, including, but not limited to, evaluation of whether the respective market exists from the perspective of market participants as infrastructure is developed.

Additionally, the valuation of certain physical liquefaction supply derivatives requires significant judgment in estimating underlying forward commodity curves due to periods of unobservability or limited liquidity. Such valuations are more susceptible to variability particularly when markets are volatile. Provided below are the changes in fair value from valuation of instruments valued through the use of internal models which incorporate significant unobservable inputs for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 (in millions), which entirely consisted of physical liquefaction supply derivatives. The changes in fair value shown are limited to instruments still held at the end of each respective period.

						Year Ended December 31,
						2022						2021
Favorable (unfavorable) changes in fair value relating to instruments still held at the end of the period						$	(1,032)					$	74

The unfavorable change in unrealized loss on instruments held at December 31, 2022 is primarily attributed to the assignment of an IPM agreement to SPL in March 2022, which is valued based on estimated forward international LNG commodity curves. For additional discussion of the assignment of the IPM agreement, see Note 18—Supplemental Cash Flow Information of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

The ultimate fair value of our derivative instruments is uncertain, and we believe that it is reasonably possible that a material change in the estimated fair value could occur in the near future, particularly as it relates to commodity prices given the level of volatility in the current year. See Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk for further analysis of the sensitivity of the fair value of our derivatives to hypothetical changes in underlying prices.

For a summary of recently issued accounting standards, see Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

			December 31, 2022												December 31, 2021
			Fair Value						Change in Fair Value						Fair Value						Change in Fair Value
Liquefaction Supply Derivatives			$	(3,741)					$	565					$	27					$	1

See Note 8—Derivative Instruments of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional details about our derivative instruments.

Management’s Report to the Unitholders of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.			47
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			48
Consolidated Statements of Income			52
Consolidated Balance Sheets			53
Consolidated Statements of Partners’ Equity (Deficit)			54
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows			55
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements			56
Note 1—Organization and Nature of Operations			56
Note 2—Unitholders’ Equity			56
Note 3—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies			56
Note 4—Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents			62
Note 5—Trade and Other Receivables, Net of Current Expected Credit Losses			62
Note 6—Inventory			62
Note 7—Property, Plant and Equipment, Net of Accumulated Depreciation			62
Note 8—Derivative Instruments			63
Note 9—Other Non-current Assets, Net			67
Note 10—Accrued Liabilities			67
Note 11—Debt			67
Note 12—Leases			70
Note 13—Revenues			71
Note 14—Related Party Transactions			75
Note 15—Net Income per Common Unit			77
Note 16—Commitments and Contingencies			78
Note 17—Customer Concentration			80
Note 18—Supplemental Cash Flow Information			80

As management, we are responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. (“Cheniere Partners”) and its subsidiaries. In order to evaluate the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we have conducted an assessment, including testing using the criteria in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Cheniere Partners’ system of internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements and, even when determined to be effective, can only provide reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Based on our assessment, we have concluded that Cheniere Partners maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the COSO.

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.
By:			Cheniere Energy Partners GP, LLC,
			Its general partner

By:

/s/ Jack A. Fusco

By:

/s/ Zach Davis

Jack A. Fusco

Zach Davis

President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.:

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated February 22, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

Fair value of the level 3 physical liquefaction supply derivatives

As discussed in Notes 3 and 8 to the consolidated financial statements, the Partnership recorded fair value of level 3 physical liquefaction supply derivatives of $(3,719) million, as of December 31, 2022. The physical liquefaction supply derivatives consist of natural gas supply contracts for the operation of the liquefied natural gas facility. The fair value of the level 3 physical liquefaction supply derivatives is developed using internal models that incorporate significant unobservable inputs.

We identified the evaluation of the fair value of the level 3 physical liquefaction supply derivatives as a critical audit matter. Specifically, there is subjectivity in certain assumptions used to estimate the fair value, including assumptions for future prices of energy units for unobservable periods and liquidity.

The following are the primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter. We evaluated the design and tested the operating effectiveness of certain internal controls related to the valuation of the level 3 physical liquefaction supply derivatives. This included controls related to the assumptions for significant unobservable inputs and the fair value model. For a selection of level 3 liquefaction supply derivatives, we involved valuation professionals with specialized skills and knowledge who assisted in:

•evaluating the future prices of energy units for observable periods by comparing to market data, including quoted or published forward prices

•developing independent fair value estimates and comparing the independently developed estimates to the Company’s fair value estimates.

In addition, we evaluated the Partnership’s assumptions for future prices of energy units for unobservable periods and liquidity by comparing them to market or third-party data, including adjustments for third party quoted transportation prices.

/s/    KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP

We have audited Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. and subsidiaries’ (the Partnership) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, the Partnership maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Partnership as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the related consolidated statements of income, partners’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2022, and the related notes and financial statement schedule I (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated February 22, 2023 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

The Partnership’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/    KPMG LLP
KPMG LLP

												Year Ended December 31,
																		2022						2021						2020
Revenues
LNG revenues																		$	11,507					$	7,639					$	5,195
LNG revenues—affiliate																		4,568						1,472						662
LNG revenues—related party																		—						1						—
Regasification revenues																		1,068						269						269
Other revenues																		63						53						41
Total revenues																		17,206						9,434						6,167
Operating costs and expenses
Cost of sales (excluding items shown separately below)																		11,887						5,290						2,505
Cost of sales—affiliate																		213						84						77
Cost of sales—related party																		—						17						—
Operating and maintenance expense																		757						635						629
Operating and maintenance expense—affiliate																		166						142						152
Operating and maintenance expense—related party																		72						46						13
General and administrative expense																		5						9						14
General and administrative expense—affiliate																		92						85						96
Depreciation and amortization expense																		634						557						551
Other																		—						11						5
Other—affiliate																		—						1						—
Total operating costs and expenses																		13,826						6,877						4,042
Income from operations																		3,380						2,557						2,125
Other income (expense)
Interest expense, net of capitalized interest																		(870)						(831)						(909)
Loss on modification or extinguishment of debt																		(33)						(101)						(43)
Other income, net																		21						3						8
Other income—affiliate																		—						2						2
Total other expense																		(882)						(927)						(942)
Net income																		$	2,498					$	1,630					$	1,183
Basic and diluted net income per common unit (1)																		$	3.27					$	3.00					$	2.32
Weighted average basic and diluted number of common units outstanding																		484.0						484.0						399.3