Venture Global gets approval for heat recovery steam generator modifications at Louisiana LNG plant
Oct 12 (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Thursday granted liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Venture Global LNG permission to proceed with the heat recovery steam generator modifications at the Calcasieu Pass LNG export plant in Louisiana.
“This approval does not grant Venture Global the authority to place other project facilities in service at the LNG terminal,” the FERC filing added.
On Tuesday, Venture Global asked federal energy regulators for permission to commence service of liquefaction blocks 7-9 at the export plant.
The startup of commercial service at that plant is the subject of several disputes between Venture Global and some of its customers, including units of European energy firms Shell SHEL.L, BP BP.L, Edison and Repsol.
There are 18 modular liquefaction trains configured in nine blocks at Calcasieu. Each block can produce about 1.3 million metric tons per annum (MTPA) of LNG, or 0.2 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of natural gas. (Reporting by Ashitha Shivaprasad in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese and Jonathan Oatis)
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Driven by plentiful natural gas produced from shale plays, the United States began exporting liquefied natural gas in 2016 when the Sabine Pass terminal in Louisiana opened and shipped its first cargo. Since then, additional capacity, or trains, have been added to Sabine Pass, and terminals have become operational in Cameron Parish, La.; Hackberry, La.; Cove Point, Md.; and Corpus Christi, Texas. The Energy Information Administration projects that U.S. LNG export capacity will reach 8.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) by the end of 2019, making it the third largest in the world, behind Australia and Qatar. The tariff war with China has the potential to impact some final investment decisions for additional terminals in the coming months.