The facility will consist of up to 36 liquefaction trains with 0.626 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of capacity each. (Source: Shutterstock/ Venture Global LNG)
The first cool-down cargo has reached Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG facility in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, according to news reports.
Receipt of the cargo is part of the export facility’s commissioning phase, media company LNG Prime reported Aug. 26 on X, formerly Twitter.
The cargo’s arrival comes three days after the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Venture Global’s request to commission the “Liquefaction Train System Block 1 with nitrogen gas,” the U.S. agency said Aug. 23 in a statement.
Nitrogen is used as a safe gas to test LNG plants before production commences, Poten & Partners’ Senior LNG Analyst Sergio Chapa said Aug. 23 on X.
Plaquemines LNG is among a number of U.S.-based LNG export projects slated to come online by the end of this decade, helping the country provide cleaner energy sources to markets primarily in Europe and Asia in the aftermath of the start of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The Plaquemines LNG export facility is located approximately 20 miles south of New Orleans on the Mississippi River. The facility is located on a 632-acre plot with 1.3 miles of deep-water frontage, according to details on Venture Global’s website.
The facility will consist of up to 36 liquefaction trains with 0.626 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of capacity each. When fully developed, the facility will have an export capacity of up to 20 mtpa, according to Venture Global.
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