A Greek-owned carrier departed the Calcasieu Pass LNG plant in Louisiana with the inaugural first cargo and headed for Japan as America’s seventh and newest large-scale export facility opened for business to meet growing demand for natural gas around the world.
The 174,100 cubic metres capacity LNG carrier “Yiannis” had arrived at Venture Global’s LNG export plant at the start of February and waited for the first production to make up a full cargo for delivery to Japan.
The “Yiannnis”, owned by Maran Gas Maritime, was chartered by the world’s largest LNG buyer, JERA Co. Co. Inc, the joint venture power giant and fuel procurement company formed by Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Chubu Electric.
When Calcasieu Pass is fully operational later in 2022 with all processing Trains on stream, the US will become the world’s No. 1 exporter, given that Cheniere Energy Trains 6 has also been completed.
“Venture Global is honored to partner with JERA, one of the world’s largest buyers of LNG, on the inaugural commissioning cargo from Calcasieu Pass,” said Venture Global Chief Executive Michael Sabel.
“This historic and proud moment for our company represents the culmination of many years of relentless efforts by our team to innovate, design, construct and now deliver low-cost, clean LNG to our customers,” added the CEO.
Venture Global has three other ventures, including two near river mile-marker 55 on the banks of the Mississippi River, Plaquemines and Delta, and CP2 LNG adjacent to the Calcasieu Pass facility.
