Venture Global makes pre-filing with FERC for possible second LNG export plant near Calcasieu Pass
Venture Global, the developer of several LNG export projects in Louisiana, has filed with US regulators to enter the pre-filing process for a plant with 24 million tonnes per annum in Cameron Parish with an affiliated pipeline running from Jasper County in Texas to the facility.
Calcasieu Pass LNG project in Louisiana gives insight into working in hurricane zone in report to regulator
Venture Global has told regulators it was making steady progress on the Calcasieu Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana, expected to come on stream in 2022 along with the TransCameron Pipeline, though recent work was hampered by the very active hurricane season on the Gulf Coast.
US Plaquemines LNG plant on Mississippi River to proceed with prospects of high output
The Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana proposed for river mile-marker 55 on the west side of the Mississippi River, 30 miles south of New Orleans, has been authorized to proceed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Venture Global LNG projects with 56 MTPA of planned output have already raised $2.8Bln
Venture Global, the US liquefied natural gas developer pursuing three projects in the state of Louisiana, has now raised a total of $2.8 billion in financing and much more will be needed as it presses ahead with plans to produce 56 million tonnes per annum of LNG for export.
Virginia-based company Venture Global now plans third LNG export plant in Louisiana
Venture Global, the US LNG project developer with two export plants proposed for Louisiana, has filed with regulators to permit its construction of a third plant in the Gulf Coast state.
The Arlington, Virginia-based company filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a venture called Delta LNG and its associated Delta Express pipeline.
The company’s first and most advanced plant is at Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana with current nameplate export volumes of 12 million tonnes per annum and is expected to come on stream in 2022, along with associated facilities, including the TransCameron Pipeline.
Venture Global, owned by former investment banker Michael Sabel and lawyer Robert Pender who act as joint chief executives, is also constructing a second plant at Plaquemines near river mile-marker 55 on the west side of the Mississippi River, 30 miles south of New Orleans.
The Mississippi River project has current output targets of 20 MTPA of LNG and was set to include small-scale liquefaction Trains, four LNG storage tanks and three marine loading berths.
The Delta LNG plant is also proposed for Plaquemines Parish and would have peak capacity to process 24 MTPA.
The filing made on April 17 also requested the start of a permit process for a 287-mile pipeline called Delta Express between Perryville in Louisiana, crossing into the neighbouring state of Mississippi, and then back into Louisiana to connect to the LNG plant.
According to a preliminary schedule the third Venture Global project could see construction start in late 2021 and the plant shipping its first cargo by November 2024.
Venture Global had in March 2019 that it planned to expand the scope of its LNG development business on the US Gulf Coast to 60 MTPA of production based on customer demand, almost doubling current plans for 32 MTPA of output.
Co-CEOs Pender and Sabel said that having fully contracted Calcasieu Pass and anticipating completion of Plaquemines LNG an expansion was being studied to meet additional customer demand.
“We believe our model of mid-scale modular liquefaction is the future of low-cost LNG production,” they said.
Venture Global noted that the Calcasieu Pass project with its planned 10 MTPA of output had received all federal authorizations.
The project’s engineering contractor, Kiewit Energy of Omaha, Nebraska, is now carrying out site preparation in advance of construction.
The Calcasieu Pass plant has signed binding 20-year sale and purchase agreements with companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, BP of the UK, Italian utility Edison, Portugal’s Galp Energia, Repsol of Spain and Poland’s national oil and gas company.
The Plaquemines project is expected to receive its final regulatory authorization in August and commence construction later in 2019.
Plaquemines LNG project planned for banks of Mississippi near New Orleans makes progress
US regulators have prepared a draft environmental impact statement for the Plaquemines LNG export plant proposed for the banks of the Mississippi River and its associated Gator Express Pipeline system.
US Pointe LNG advances as second export facility proposed for banks of Mississippi River
US regulators have started the pre-filing environmental review process for the Pointe LNG liquefaction project proposed for the East Bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana, which would be the second riverbank export facility planned for south of New Orleans.
US Gulf Coast energy veterans plan Mississippi River LNG project similar to one they sold
Two US Gulf Coast energy veterans, former Duke Energy executive Jim Lindsay and former tanker captain Tom Burgess, have formed Pointe LNG and filed a request with regulators to build a liquefaction and export plant on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in southern Louisiana.
UK energy major BP joins European line-up of buyers from Calcasieu Pass LNG in Louisiana
UK energy major BP has entered into a 20-year sales and purchase agreement for the supply of 2 million tonnes per annum from a plant under development at Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana.
Portuguese energy company Galp signs 20-year LNG supply contract with Louisiana project
Venture Global, the developer of two US liquefied natural gas export plants in the state of Louisiana, said it secured a 20-year sales agreement with Portuguese energy company Galp Energia for volumes of one million tonnes per annum.
