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CHENIERE ENERGY INC

LNG

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3.97 -0.32 -7.46%

as of 04:00 PM EDT on 08/21/2008 in USD (AMEX Delay: 20 mins.)
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3.99 0.02 0.50%

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CHENIERE ENERGY INC Profile

Gaseous form or liquid state are both OK with Cheniere Energy, which is engaged in the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving-terminal business, a natural gas pipeline business, and oil and gas exploration and production. The company is building three onshore US Gulf Coast LNG receiving terminals with an aggregate regasification capacity of 10 billion cu. ft. per day, and developing pipelines to connect these to North American natural gas markets. Cheniere Energy's exploration and production unit has proved reserves of 8,869 barrels of oil and 1.3 billion cu. ft. of natural gas. The company operates along the coast of Louisiana, both onshore and in the shallow waters along the Gulf of Mexico.

Charif Souki: CEO

717 Texas Ave., Ste. 3100

Houston, TX 77002

http://www.cheniere.com/

Phone: 713-659-1361

Fax: 713-659-5459

Sector: Basic Materials Industry: Energy

2007 Sales	2007 Sales Growth	2007 Net Income	Employees
$5,400,000	127.0%	$-181,800,000

Key Executives: LNG

Name	Title	Officer Since
Charif Souki	CEO	1/1/96
Don A. Turkleson	CFO	-
Jerry D. Smith	Chief Accounting Officer	-
David B. Gorte	Chief Risk Officer	-
Zurab S. Kobiashvili	General Counsel	-
Jonathan S. Gross	—	-
Meg A. Gentle	Senior VP, Divisional	-
Davis Thames	Senior VP, Divisional	-

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Don A. Turkleson is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He became a Senior Vice President in May 2004. Mr. Turkleson served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, beginning in December 1997. He relinquished the position of Treasurer in December 2004 and relinquished the position of Secretary in September 2006. Prior to joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Turkleson was employed by PetroCorp... View Full Profile

Don A. Turkleson

Don A. Turkleson is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. He became a Senior Vice President in May 2004. Mr. Turkleson served as Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, beginning in December 1997. He relinquished the position of Treasurer in December 2004 and relinquished the position of Secretary in September 2006. Prior to joining the Company in 1997, Mr. Turkleson was employed by PetroCorp... View Full Profile

Jonathan S. Gross

Meg Gentle has served as Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning & Finance since February 2008. Prior to that time, she served as Vice President of Strategic Planning since September 2005. Prior to joining Cheniere in June 2004 as Manager, Strategic Planning, Ms. Gentle spent eight years in energy market development, economic evaluation, and long-range planning. She conducted international business development and strategic planning for... View Full Profile

Meg A. Gentle

Davis Thames has served as President of Cheniere Marketing, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since November 2007 and Senior Vice President - Marketing since December 2007. Prior to that, he was Vice President Marketing, Strategy & Analysis since December 2006 and Executive Vice President of Cheniere Marketing, Inc. since February 2007. Prior to joining the Company as Vice President Marketing & Analysis on July 2005, Mr. Thames... View Full Profile

Davis Thames

On April 3, 2008, Jerry D. Smith was elected Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc., by the Company's board of directors. Mr. Smith, age 33, has served as Financial Controller of the Company since September 2007. From April 2006 to August 2007, he served as Assistant Controller of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was employed by KPMG LLP, where he served as a Manager, Audit, from July 2004 to... View Full Profile

Jerry D. Smith

On April 3, 2008, Jerry D. Smith was elected Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of Cheniere Energy, Inc., by the Company's board of directors. Mr. Smith, age 33, has served as Financial Controller of the Company since September 2007. From April 2006 to August 2007, he served as Assistant Controller of the Company. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Smith was employed by KPMG LLP, where he served as a Manager, Audit, from July 2004 to... View Full Profile

Stanley C. Horton

Vicky A. Bailey is a member of our Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. Since November 2005, Ms. Bailey has been President of Anderson Stratton International, LLC, a strategic consulting and government relations company in Washington, D.C. She was a partner with Johnston & Associates, LLC, a public relations firm in Washington, D.C. from March 2004 through October 2005. Prior to joining Johnston & Associates, LLC, Ms. Bailey... View Full Profile

Vicky A. Bailey

Charif Souki, a co-founder of the Company, is Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer. In December 2002, Mr. Souki assumed the positions of President and Chief Executive Officer. He relinquished the title of President in April 2005. From June 1999 to December 2002, he was Chairman of the Board and an independent investment banker. From September 1997 until June 1999, he was Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors,... View Full Profile

Charif Souki

Keith F. Carney is the Lead Director of the Board of Directors and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. He currently is engaged in private investments. From October 2001 through December 2005, Mr. Carney was President of Dolomite Advisors, LLC, an investment firm. Mr. Carney served as Executive Vice President of the Company from 1997 through August 2001 and Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company from July 1996... View Full Profile

Keith F. Carney

Nuno Brandolini is a member of our Audit Committee and Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Brandolini is a general partner of Scorpion Capital Partners, L.P., a private equity firm organized as a small business investment company (SBIC). Prior to forming Scorpion Capital and its predecessor firm, Scorpion Holding, Inc., in 1995, Mr. Brandolini served as Managing Director of Rosecliff, Inc., a leveraged buyout fund co-founded by Mr.... View Full Profile

Nuno Brandolini

Paul J. Hoenmans is a member of our Governance and Nominating Committee, Compensation Committee and Section 162(m) Subcommittee. Mr. Hoenmans retired with over 35 years of senior executive level experience in the oil and gas industry. He served Mobil Oil Corporation in various executive capacities, most recently as director and Executive Vice President, with overall responsibility for policy, strategy, performance and stakeholder contact. From... View Full Profile

Paul J. Hoenmans

Walter L. Williams has served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors since June 1999 and is President of Cheniere LNG, Inc. He previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer from September 1997 until June 1999 and as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors from July 1996 until September 1997. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Williams spent 32 years as a founder and later Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Texoil Company, a... View Full Profile

Walter L. Williams

Jean Abiteboul has served as President of Cheniere Supply & Marketing, Inc. since November 2007 and has served as a member of the Company's Executive Committee since August 2006. From February 2006 to November 2007, Mr. Abiteboul served as Executive Director, Cheniere LNG Services S.A.R.L., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. From 1975 until February 2006, he held different positions within Gaz de France, a publicly traded natural gas... View Full Profile

Jean Abiteboul

David B. Gorte has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer since August 2006. From March 2002 to January 2005, he served as Managing Director and Chief Risk Officer of the Enron Corp. bankruptcy estate and, from June 1999 to March 2002, Vice President, Risk Assessment and Control of Enron Corp. From 1979 to 1999, Mr. Gorte held a variety of financing origination, financing distribution, and risk management roles at three large U.S.... View Full Profile

David B. Gorte

Stuart J. Wagner joined the Company in April 2007 as Senior Vice President - Corporate Development. Prior to that time, he served for 17 years as a founding partner of Petrie Parkman & Co., an energy investment banking firm. Prior to joining Petrie Parkman & Co., Mr. Wagner was in the energy research department at The First Boston Corporation, which was a New York-based investment bank before it was acquired by Credit Suisse. His employment with... View Full Profile

Stuart J. Wagner

R. Keith Teague has served as Senior Vice President - Asset Group since April 2008 and President of Cheniere Pipeline Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, since January 2005. Prior to that time, he served as Vice President - Pipeline Operations since May 2006. He is responsible for the development, construction and operation of the Sabine Pass, Corpus Christi and Creole Trail pipeline assets. Mr. Teague began his career with the... View Full Profile

R. Keith Teague

John M. Deutch is a member of our Audit Committee and Chairman of the Governance and Nominating Committee. Mr. Deutch is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has been a member of the MIT faculty since 1970. He also serves as a director for Citigroup Inc., Cummins Inc. and Raytheon Company, each publicly traded companies. Mr. Deutch has served in significant government posts throughout his career, including... View Full Profile

John M. Deutch, Ph.D.

J. Robinson West is Chairman of our Compensation Committee and Section 162(m) Subcommittee. Mr. West is the founder and Chairman of the Board of PFC Energy, a consulting business covering all aspects of the oil, gas and power business. Prior to founding PFC in 1984, Mr. West served as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy, Budget and Administration, with responsibility for U.S. offshore oil policy. He is currently a member of the... View Full Profile

J. Robinson West, J.D.

Zurab S. Kobiashvili joined the Company in 2004 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining the Company, he was with Apache Corporation, a publicly traded global exploration and production company, initially as Vice President and General Counsel, beginning in 1994, and then as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to Apache, he served as an officer and General Counsel of a number of public and private companies. He... View Full Profile

Zurab S. Kobiashvili

David B. Kilpatrick is Chairman of our Audit Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and Section 162(m) Subcommittee. Mr. Kilpatrick has over 30 years of executive, management and operating experience in the oil and gas industry. Since 1998, he has been the President of Kilpatrick Energy Group, a consulting firm to oil and gas companies. Mr. Kilpatrick previously served as Chairman of the Board of PYR Energy Corporation, a privately... View Full Profile

David B. Kilpatrick

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Insider Transactions: LNG

Date	Name	Shares	Transaction Type	Market Value
07/30/08	KILPATRICK DAVID B	100,000	Exercise of Stock Options	$231,000.00
06/16/08	BAILEY VICKY A	15,905	Award of Stock Options	$0.00
06/16/08	KILPATRICK DAVID B	35,786	Award of Stock Options	$0.00

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Ownership Breakdown : LNG

Large Block Holder Type	Number
Institutions	115.00
Mutual Fund	132.00
Other Major	14.00

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Indices : LNG

Symbol	Name	Last Trade	Change
$RUT.X	Russell 2000 Index	—	——%

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Short Interest Volume: LNG

Data as of 7/28/08

Current Short Interest Shares	18.30 M
Current Short Interest Ratio	20.20
Float	44.58 M

Short Interest as % of Float	41.10
Average Daily Volume	1.10 M
Outstanding Shares	50.69 M

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SEC Filings: LNG

Accepted Date	Description
08/19/2008	SEC Filing: Insider Buy/Sell
08/18/2008	SEC Filing: Current Event
08/11/2008	SEC Filing: Current Event

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