NextDecade Corp
NextDecade Corp is a Houston-based energy company focused on developing and constructing LNG export infrastructure in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville, Texas. Its core business centers on the Rio Grande LNG Facility, including liquefaction trains, related infrastructure, and potential carbon capture and storage projects, with common stock listed on Nasdaq under the symbol NEXT.
Fiscal year 2025 · change from previous year
Development 2020–2025
Business
Share of revenueConstruction and development of the Rio Grande LNG Facility and its liquefaction trains.
Contracted LNG volumes sold under long-term sale and purchase agreements.
Uncontracted LNG volumes sold into spot, short-term, and medium-term markets.
Time charter and subcharter arrangements supporting LNG delivery obligations.
Early-stage CCS project development tied to the Rio Grande LNG site.
Customers
NextDecade sells LNG to a limited set of commercial counterparties, primarily under long-term sale and purchase agreements tied to specific liquefaction trains. It also expects to place commissioning volumes and any excess operational volumes into spot, short-term, and medium-term LNG markets. The customer base includes buyers that need reliable LNG supply and, in some cases, credit support to satisfy project-financing requirements.
Buy LNG volumes under multi-year contracts linked to specific trains and delivery milestones.
Purchase commissioning LNG and excess portfolio volumes when available.
Buy LNG for import, regasification, and downstream gas supply needs.
Buy LNG in jurisdictions where import and resale are heavily regulated.
Strategy
NextDecade’s strategy is to complete and operate the Rio Grande LNG Facility, starting with the first liquefaction trains and then expanding through additional trains at the same site. The company is also advancing permitting for Trains 6 through 8 and evaluating CCS as a complementary project. Commercially, it seeks to secure long-term LNG offtake, arrange shipping capacity, and maintain financing access for each project phase.
Operating trains are needed to convert the project from development into cash-generating LNG sales.
Long-term contracts and financing are needed before new trains can proceed.
CCS could broaden the project’s environmental positioning and future market relevance.
Geography
The company is headquartered in Houston, Texas, and its main asset is the Rio Grande LNG Facility in the Rio Grande Valley near Brownsville, Texas. Its commercial exposure is global because LNG is sold into international markets, while feedgas access is tied to U.S. supply basins such as the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale. Geography matters because the project depends on Gulf Coast infrastructure, U.S. permitting, and overseas LNG demand and shipping routes.
Risks
The business is exposed to construction, financing, and counterparty risk because the core asset is still being built and depends on third-party contractors, lenders, and customers. LNG projects also face operational hazards, severe weather, permitting delays, shipping constraints, and intense global competition from better-capitalized peers. Because the company is not yet a mature operating exporter, delays or cost overruns can have an outsized effect on execution and funding needs.
- Construction delay or cost overrun at Rio Grande LNGImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
The company depends on large-scale EPC execution and startup timing for future operations.
Exposure - Financing and leverage riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
Project-level debt and funding needs can restrict flexibility and increase refinancing pressure.
Exposure: Subsidiary project credit facilities and future phases
- Counterparty credit and performance riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
The business relies on contractors, LNG buyers, suppliers, and financiers to perform.
Exposure - Weather and operational hazard riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Medium
LNG facilities face hurricanes, explosions, fires, pollution events, and other hazards.
Exposure: Rio Grande LNG Facility and related infrastructure
- Permitting and regulatory riskImpact: HighLikelihood: Low
LNG export projects require extensive approvals and can face legal or community opposition.
Exposure
Accounting
Judgemental itemsInterest rate swaps are marked to fair value and can create large non-cash volatility.
Impact: Reported earnings and comprehensive income
Project costs and interest during construction affect asset values and future depreciation.
Impact: Balance sheet and future expense recognition
Large non-recourse facilities and notes affect interest expense and financing costs.
Impact: Net income, leverage presentation, and cash flow classification
Project entities are consolidated but allocate earnings to outside investors.
Impact: Net income attributable to common stockholders
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Last updated: 24/09/2026