Venture Global Plaquemines LNG filed an application in March 2022 to amend its authorization to operate facilities to produce LNG for export from its LNG export terminal on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
More specifically, Plaquemines LNG sought to increase the project’s authorized liquefaction
production capacity from 24 million metric tons per annum (mtpa) to 27.2 mtpa, to reflect the project’s actual capabilities.
Plaquemines LNG did not propose any new facilities, construction activities, or modifications to previously authorized facilities.
FERC granted the application in an order dated February 19.
“We find that the amendment project, with the conditions imposed in this order, is not inconsistent with the public interest. Therefore, we will grant Plaquemines LNG’s request,” the regulator said.
In June 2024, the US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) gave the green light to Venture Global LNG for its proposed Plaquemines LNG uprate project.
PHMSA issued a letter of determination on June 21, 2024, for the project aimed at increasing the peak liquefaction capacity at the Plaquemines LNG terminal in Louisiana to 27.2 mtpa.
PHMSA and FERC are cooperating together during the permit application review process for US LNG facilities under a memorandum of understanding signed in 2018.
In January 2023, FERC issued an environmental assessment for the uprate project.
Plaquemines LNG
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.
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, has 36 modular units, configured in 18 blocks. Each train has a capacity of 0.626 mtpa.
Venture Global said in its 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.
The company started producing LNG at the Plaqumines LNG plant on December 13, 2025, and the first shipment left the facility to Germany some two weeks after that.
Venture Global delivered at least three Plaquemines LNG commissioning cargoes up to date to Germany.
