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Plaquemines liquefied natural gas export project, US

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1st April 2022

By: Sheila Barradas

Creamer Media Research Coordinator & Senior Deputy Editor

     

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Name of the Project
Plaquemines liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project.

Location
On the Mississippi river, south of New Orleans, in the US.

Project Owner/s
Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, a subsidiary of Venture Global LNG.

Project Description
Plaquemines LNG is expected to have an export capacity of up to 20-million tonnes a year, with peak production expected to 24-million tonnes a year.

The Plaquemines LNG facility will include:

• up to thirty-six 626 000 t/y liquefaction trains, configured in 18 blocks;

• up to six treatment trains;

• up to four 200 000 m3 LNG storage tanks;

• three ship-loading berths for vessels carrying up to 185 000 m3 of LNG;

• two 720 MW 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 construction and project operations; and

• two 107-cm-diameter pipelines, 24 km and 19 km long respectively, that connect to existing interstate natural gas pipelines.

The Gator Express pipeline will feed the LNG facility with natural gas from the interstate pipelines.

Potential Job Creation
The project is expected to create 250 new direct jobs and an additional 728 indirect jobs, along with 2 200 jobs during construction.

Capital Expenditure
The project is estimated at $8.5-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
The start of commercial operations is scheduled for 2023.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts, Suppliers and Consultants
KBR and Zachry Group, through a new joint venture – KZJV (development, engineering, procurement and construction under the engineering procurement and construction contract for Phase 1 of Plaquemines’ LNG project.

Contact Details for Project Information
Venture Global investor contact Leah Woodward, tel +1 202 759 6746 or email lwoodward@vglng.com.

Venture Global media contact Shaylyn Hynes,

tel +1 202 920 0964 or email shynes@vglng.com.

Edited by Martin Zhuwakinyu
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

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