Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline Financial Report Summaries

Risks

• Our existing level of cash resources, operating cash flow and significant debt could cause us to have inadequate liquidity and could materially and adversely affect our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• We have not always been profitable historically, and we have not historically had positive operating cash flow. We may not achieve profitability or generate positive operating cash flow in the future.
• Our ability to generate cash is substantially dependent upon the performance by customers under long-term contracts that we have entered into, and we could be materially and adversely affected if any customer fails to perform its contractual obligations for any reason.
• Each of our customer contracts is subject to termination under certain circumstances.
• Our use of hedging arrangements may adversely affect our future operating results or liquidity.
• The regulatory and other provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act and the rules adopted thereunder and other regulations could adversely affect our ability to hedge risks associated with our business and our operating results and cash flows.
• Our ability to complete construction of the Liquefaction Project depends on our ability to obtain sufficient equity funding to cover the remaining capital costs. If we are unable to obtain sufficient equity funding, we may experience delays in completing, or we may not be able to complete, construction of the Liquefaction Project.
• Cost overruns and delays in the completion of one or more Trains, as well as difficulties in obtaining sufficient financing to pay for such costs and delays, could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• We are dependent on Bechtel and other contractors for the successful completion of the Liquefaction Project.
• We have historically not had any revenues or positive cash flows. Our ability to achieve profitability and generate positive operating cash flow in the future is subject to significant uncertainty.
• We are relying on estimates for the future capacity ratings and performance capabilities of the Liquefaction Project, and these estimates may prove to be inaccurate.
• If third-party pipelines and other facilities interconnected to our pipeline and facilities are or become unavailable to transport natural gas, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• Delays in the completion of Train 3 could lead to reduced revenues or termination of one or more of the SPAs by our customers.
• Our Corpus Christi Pipeline and its FERC gas tariffs are subject to FERC regulation.
• Pipeline safety integrity programs and repairs may impose significant costs and liabilities on us.
• Our business could be materially and adversely affected if we lose the right to situate the Corpus Christi Pipeline on property owned by third parties.
• Hurricanes or other disasters could result in an interruption of our operations, a delay in the completion of our Liquefaction Project, damage to our Liquefaction Project and increased insurance costs, all of which could adversely affect us.
• We may not be successful in fully implementing our proposed business strategy to provide liquefaction capabilities at the Liquefaction Project.
• We may not complete construction or operate our proposed LNG facility or all of our Trains or any additional LNG facilities or Trains beyond those currently planned, which could limit our growth prospects.
• We may enter into certain arrangements to share the use and operations of our facilities with adjacent projects, which would require us to meet certain conditions under the indentures governing each of our senior notes (the “CCH Indentures”). Despite the protection provided by the CCH Indentures, the nature of such sharing arrangements is not currently known and may limit our operational flexibility, use of land and/or facilities and the ability of the security trustee under the Common Security and Account Agreement to take certain enforcement actions against the security interest in substantially all of our assets and the assets of our current and any future guarantors.
• We may not be able to purchase or receive physical delivery of sufficient natural gas to satisfy our delivery obligations under the SPAs, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
• A major health and safety incident relating to our business could be costly in terms of potential liabilities and reputational damages.
• We are entirely dependent on Cheniere, including employees of Cheniere and its subsidiaries, for key personnel, and a loss of key personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business.
• We have numerous contractual and commercial relationships, and conflicts of interest, with Cheniere and its affiliates.
• We face competition based upon the international market price for LNG.
• Cyclical or other changes in the demand for and price of LNG and natural gas may adversely affect our LNG business and the performance of our customers and could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flows, liquidity and prospects.
• Failure of exported LNG to be a competitive source of energy for international markets could adversely affect our customers and could materially and adversely affect our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• We may not be able to secure firm pipeline transportation capacity on economic terms that is sufficient to meet our feed gas transportation requirements, which could have a material adverse effect on us.
• Various economic and political factors could negatively affect the development, construction and operation of the Liquefaction Project, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• There may be shortages of LNG vessels worldwide, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.
• Terrorist attacks, cyber incidents or military campaigns may adversely impact our business.
• Existing and future environmental and similar laws and governmental regulations could result in increased compliance costs or additional operating costs or construction costs and restrictions.
• Our lack of diversification could have an adverse effect on our business, contracts, financial condition, operating results, cash flow, liquidity and prospects.