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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 6, 2006



                              CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

             Delaware                  1-16383                95-4352386
(State or other jurisdiction of   (Commission File          (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)         Number)            Identification No.)

                    717 Texas Avenue
                       Suite 3100
                     Houston, Texas                              77002
        (Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 659-1361


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item  2.02.        Results of Operations and Financial Conditions

     On November 6, 2006,  Cheniere Energy,  Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release  announcing  the Company's  results of operations  for the third quarter
ended  September 30, 2006. The press release is attached  hereto as Exhibit 99.1
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein in its entirety.

     The  information  included in this Item 2.02 of Current Report on Form 8-K,
including the attached Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended (the  "Exchange
Act"),  or  incorporated  by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by
specific reference in such filing.



Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

d)  Exhibits

Exhibit
Number            Description
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99.1              Press Release, dated November 6, 2006 (filed herewith).




                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                             CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.


   Date:  November 6, 2006          By:      /s/ Don A. Turkleson
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                                             Name:    Don A. Turkleson
                                             Title:   Senior Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer






EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number            Description
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99.1              Press Release, dated November 6, 2006 (filed herewith).