Cameron LNG startup is 'days away': Sempra executive

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Production at Cameron LNG is expected to begin within days, anexecutive for co-owner Sempra Energy said Tuesday as one of thecontractors sought to allay market jitters about the prospect of anyfurther delays or cost overruns.The updated schedule may coincide with a May 14 visit to theLouisiana export facility planned by President Donald Trump.The $10 billion project - a joint venture of affiliates of San DiegobasedSempra, France’s Total, Japan’s Mitsui and a company jointlyowned by Japan’s Mitsubishi and NYK - faced delays in late 2017 andearly 2018. As many as 11,000 workers were on site last summer ascontractors McDermott and Chiyoda pushed to get the project back ontrack. McDermott recently said that startup of trains 2 and 3 will bedelayed until 2020.