NextDecade leases 1,000 acres for natural gas exporting

​​​​​TEXAS CITY – ​NextDecade has leased 1,000 acres at Shoal Point, a deep-water property 40 miles southeast of Houston, near Galveston Bay.

NextDecade plans to construct a multi-billion-dollar liquefied natural gas export shipping facility on the land.

The Shoal Point site consists of 376 acres owned by the city and 618 acres owned by the state and managed by the Texas General Land Office.​