The US FERC said in a filing dated February 10 that it has approved Venture Global Plaquemines LNG’s requests to commission and introduce hazardous fluids to liquefaction block 8 and boil-off gas (BOG) compressor C.
In August 2024, FERC granted the commissioning of the liquefaction train system block 1, while the regulator approved the commissioning of the liquefaction train system block 7 last month.
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, will have a capacity of 20 mtpa coming from 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.