FERC greenlights Venture Global CP2 LNG project after court-ordered environmental review
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) May 23 granted Venture Global LLC permission to construct and operate its 28-million tonnes/year CP2 LNG plant in Cameron Parish, La., and the related CP Express pipeline.
The approval comes a few weeks after FERC staff concluded that the plant and pipeline would not significantly impact air quality (OGJ Online, May 12, 2025).
The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in July 2024 reversed FERC’s prior approval of the project, saying the commission’s environmental impact statement (EIS) failed to adequately assess the CP2 projects’ effects on air pollution.
FERC reinstated its previous June 2024 approval of both projects and said it would no longer withhold construction authorization.
“We agree with the conclusions presented in the [new] final EIS and final supplemental EIS and find that the projects…are environmentally acceptable actions,” the commission said in the order, adding that “we continue to find that the CP2 LNG Project is not inconsistent with the public interest.”
FERC also found that the CP Express pipeline “has demonstrated a need for the project, that the project will not have adverse economic impacts on existing shippers or other pipelines and their existing customers, and that the project will have minimal impacts on the interests of landowners and surrounding communities.” It added that the new environmental assessments by FERC staff found the pipeline was an “environmentally acceptable action.”
The 91-mile CP2 pipeline and related infrastructure will transport the 4 bcfd of feed gas required for the proposed LNG export operations from natural gas supply points in east Texas and southwest Louisiana to the terminal.
Venture Global in March received authorization from the US Department of Energy for LNG exports from CP2 to non-FTA countries (OGJ Online, Mar. 25, 2025).
The company has spent over $4 billion on construction, engineering, and design through Dec. 31, 2024, and has launched the FID process.
Cathy Landry | Washington Correspondent
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