Venture Global awards Plaquemines LNG EPC to KBR

Venture Global LNG Inc. awarded KBR the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the 10-million tonne/year (tpy) Phase 1 of Venture Global’s Plaquemines LNG liquefaction plant, under development in Plaquemines Parish, La. KBR will integrate Baker Hughes-produced 0.6-million tpy modular trains at Plaquemines LNG, the same systems being delivered and installed at Venture Global's 10-million tpy Calcasieu Pass LNG project, in Cameron Parish, La. Kiewit Louisiana Co. is the EPC contractor for Calcasieu Pass LNG.

Each plant will use 18 of the Baker Hughes trains. The first 18 will be installed at Calcasieu Pass LNG, the next 18 at Plaquemines LNG. Venture Global expects production to begin at Calcasieu Pass in 2022 and at Plaquemines in 2024.

The company earlier this month took delivery of the first two trains for the Calcasieu Pass plant (OGJ Online, Nov. 11, 2020). Kiewit Louisiana Co. is the EPC contractor for Calcasieu Pass LNG.

Plaquemines LNG has received all required regulatory approvals and signed binding 20-year offtake agreements with Polish-state PGNiG SA (2.5 million tpy) and Électricité de France SA (1 million tpy). Venture Global plans to develop a second 10-million tpy phase of the project using the same technology.