Venture Global’s Plaquemines Plant Supplies First Long-Term Customer

Venture Global’s Plaquemines export plant supplied its first long-term customer, energy company Shell, this week after it finished Phase 1 commissioning and began commercial operations (gCaptain).

The details: Phase 1 customers include Shell, Orlen, Sinopec, CNOOC Gas & Power and EDF, all of which have long-term contracts for liquefied natural gas.

• Venture Global began producing LNG at its first facility in 2022 and is now one of the country’s largest LNG exporters, according to the company.

What’s next: Phase 2 of the Plaquemines plant is scheduled to begin supplying customers in mid-2027 (Yahoo Finance).

• “The two phases have a combined nameplate capacity of 20 [million tonnes per annum], with Venture Global targeting higher annual production through its modular liquefaction technology.”

Venture Global says: “Achieving commercial operations at the first phase of our second LNG project in 53 months is a testament to our team’s relentless dedication and hard work,” said Venture Global CEO Mike Sabel.

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