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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
NOTE 11 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation
In July 2017, Tellurian Investments Inc. (now known as Tellurian Investments LLC), Driftwood LNG, Martin Houston, and three other individuals were named as third-party defendants in a lawsuit filed in state court in Harris County, Texas between Cheniere Energy, Inc. and one of its affiliates, on the one hand (collectively, “Cheniere”), and Parallax Enterprises LLC and certain of its affiliates (not including Parallax Services LLC, now known as Tellurian Services LLC) on the other hand (collectively, “Parallax”). In October 2017, Driftwood Pipeline LLC and Tellurian Services LLC were also named by Cheniere as third-party defendants in the lawsuit. In April 2019, Charif Souki was also named by Cheniere as a third-party defendant in the lawsuit. Cheniere alleged that it entered into a note and a pledge agreement with Parallax. Cheniere claimed, among other things, that the third-party defendants tortiously interfered with the note and pledge agreement and aided in the fraudulent transfer of Parallax assets. Cheniere sought unspecified amounts of monetary damages and certain equitable relief.
In December 2019, Cheniere withdrew its claims against each of the three individuals other than Martin Houston named as third-party defendants in the lawsuit when it was first filed in July 2017. See Note 21, Subsequent Events, for further information.
Contractual Obligations
On April 23, 2019, we entered into a master LNG sale and purchase agreement and related confirmation notices (collectively, the “SPA”) with an unrelated third-party LNG merchant. Pursuant to the SPA, we committed to purchase one cargo of LNG per quarter, based on the JKM price in effect at the time of each purchase, beginning in June 2020 through October 2022.