Venture Global Receives Approval to Advance Louisiana Calcasieu LNG Plant Toward Commercialization
(Reuters) — U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Venture Global LNG got approval from U.S. energy regulators on Tuesday to re-introduce hazardous fluids to part of the company's Calcasieu LNG export plant in Louisiana.
Energy analysts have said that approval would put the plant another step closer to starting commercial operations, which has been the subject of legal and regulatory battles between Venture Global and several of its customers.
The plant has been sending out LNG cargoes in test mode since March 2022. Those test cargoes do not go to customers until the project is commercial.
Specifically, the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Tuesday granted Venture Global's request to re-introduce hazardous fluids to "HRSG 373" (Heat Recover Steam Generator 373).
The company has said the Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSGs) at Calcasieu were at least part of the problem that has delayed commercial operation of the plant.
Officials at Venture Global were not immediately available for comment on when they expect the plant to enter commercial service.
The delay caused several of Venture Global's customers, including units of BP and Shell, to seek arbitration to force Venture Global to turn over Calcasieu's LNG cargoes to its customers.
FERC said that this approval does not give Venture Global the authority to place other project facilities in service at the LNG terminal.
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