HOUSTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - U.S. pipeline operator

Energy transfer expects to reach a final investment

decision on its Lake Charles liquefied natural gas export

project by the fourth quarter of 2025, company executives said

on a post-earnings call.

The pipeline operator in December said it had entered a

20-year LNG sale and purchase agreement with oil and gas major

Chevron ( CVX ), subject to giving the project the green light.