Plaquemines LNG reaches first production

Venture Global reached first LNG production at the company’s second facility, Plaquemines LNG, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana.

Achieving this milestone for a 20 MTPA nameplate capacity project 30 months from its Final Investment Decision (FID) makes Plaquemines LNG one of the two fastest greenfield projects to reach first production, along with Venture Global’s first facility Calcasieu Pass, the company said. Once fully operational, Plaquemines LNG will be among the largest facilities in the world.

“Venture Global is proud to have a world-class team wholly dedicated to our company’s mission of innovating to provide reliable, low-cost, LNG to the world. Because of their hard work and commitment, Venture Global is executing on our promise to deliver much-needed LNG to our allies and strengthen global energy security and reliability. Reaching first LNG at Plaquemines at this pace will enable the United States to remain the top exporter of LNG in the world. Between current and planned facilities, Venture Global is prepared to invest $50 billion in energy projects based in the United States which will create jobs, support local economies, strengthen the balance of trade and unleash much needed US LNG supply to our allies,” said Venture Global CEO & Co-Founder Mike Sabel.

Plaquemines LNG reached a Final Investment Decision on Phase One in May 2022, and on Phase Two in March 2023. Because of Venture Global’s unique configuration and construction approach, Plaquemines will produce and export LNG while construction and commissioning continues for the remainder of the project’s 36 trains and associated facilities, unlocking significant additional US LNG supply years faster than any other new suppliers of LNG to the rapidly growing global market. This incremental supply has proven to be a valuable geopolitical asset for the United States especially in recent years during a time of historically tight global LNG markets and project delays.

About the Project

• • • • • • • Thirty-six 0.626 MTPA liquefaction trains, configured in eighteen blocks
            • Six pre-treatment trains
            • Three ship loading berths, each designed to accommodate LNG vessels carrying a capacity of up to 200,000 cubic meters
            • Four 200,000 cubic meter full containment LNG storage tanks
            • Two 720 MW(peak) combined cycle gas turbine power plants, including additional 25 MW gas-fired aeroderivative turbines
            • A utility dock on the Mississippi River to handle waterborne deliveries of equipment and material during both construction and project operations
            • Two 42-inch diameter pipelines, 15 and 12 miles long respectively, that connect to existing interstate natural gas pipelines