Woodside granted extension to begin LNG exports from Louisiana plant

Woodside Energy has been additional time by the US Energy Department to begin exports from the Woodside Louisiana LNG project under construction in Calcasieu Parish, La., to non-free trade agreement countries. 

US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed an amendment order granting an additional 44 months, to end-2029. The request was made in May, on the heels of the operator's April sanctioning of the project's first development phase, comprised of three trains for a total capacity of 16.5 million tonnes/year (tpy) of LNG. 

The Louisiana LNG development has expansion capacity for two additional LNG trains and is fully permitted for a total capacity of 27.6 million tpy.

Woodside holds offtake agreements with Germany’s Uniper as well as US pipeline operator Williams, which will market natural gas through the export plant.