Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG gets OK to introduce gas to 15th liquefaction block

FERC said on Thursday it has granted Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s request
to commission and introduce hazardous fluids to liquefaction block 15.

Venture Global is not commissioning these blocks in the numbered order.

Before this, Venture Global received approval from the regulator to introduce natural gas to the 18th and final liquefaction block at the Plaquemines LNG terminal.

It appears that Venture Global also needs approval to introduce natural gas to the 17th block.

In April, the regulator approved the commissioning of liquefaction block 10 with natural gas.

This is the first liquefaction block of the second Plaquemines LNG phase.

Venture Global LNG also received approval from FERC to introduce gas and LNG to the fourth and final storage tank at its Plaquemines LNG export plant.

The full project, including the first and the second stage, features 36 modular units, configured in 18 blocks. Each train has a capacity of 0.626 mtpa.

Earlier this year, Venture Global also received approval from FERC to boost the capacity of its Plaquemines LNG terminal to 27.2 mtpa.

Moreover, Venture Global’s units, Plaquemines Expansion and Venture Global Plaquemines, began the pre-filing process at the US FERC for the $18 billion expansion project in March.

After that, Venture Global added four more liquefaction blocks to the proposed brownfield expansion.

Venture Global has increased the number of liquefaction blocks to be permitted from 12 to 16. Each block features two trains.

As a result of this modification, the proposed production capacity of the project has increased from approximately 18.6 mtpa to approximately 24.8 mtpa.