According to a filing dated January 13, the regulator approved the commissioning of the liquefaction train system blocks 7 and 8 with nitrogen gas.
FERC granted the commissioning of the liquefaction train system block 1 in August 2024 and approved the commissioning of five additional blocks after that, previous fillings show.
Venture Global took a final investment decision on the first phase of the Plaquemines project with a capacity of 13.3 mtpa and the related pipeline in May 2022. It also secured $13.2 billion in project financing.
In March 2023, the company sanctioned the second phase of the Plaquemines LNG export plant in Louisiana and also secured $7.8 billion in project financing.
The full project, including the second stage, will have a capacity of 20 mtpa coming from 36 modular units, configured in 18 blocks.
Each train has a capacity of 0.626 mtpa.
Venture Global said in its recent IPO statement it is targeting a COD (commercial operations date) for the Plaquemines project in the third quarter of 2026 for Phase 1 and the second quarter of 2027 for Phase 2.
Third Plaquemines LNG cargo
Last month, Venture Global LNG received approval from FERC to export the first commissioning cargo from its Plaquemines LNG plant.
The approval came just a week after Venture Global started producing LNG at the company’s second facility.
With this, Plaquemines LNG became the eighth US LNG export facility.
Venture Global sent the first commissioning cargo from its Plaquemines plant on December 27, 2024, and this shipment was recently delivered to Germany’s Wilhelmshaven.
Besides this shipment, Venture Global shipped the second commissioning cargo from its Plaquemines plant earlier this month.
Venture Global’s 174,000-cbm newbuild carrier, Venture Gator, appears to be heading to Europe as well, as shown by the AIS data provided by VesselsValue.
The final destination is currently not available.
In addition, Venture Global is also preparing to send the third shipment from the Plaquemines LNG plant.
The 2021-built 174,000-cbm, Isabella, was on Tuesday located at the LNG plant, its AIS data shows.
The LNG carrier is owned by Greece’s Maran Gas and chartered by Norway’s Equinor.
