Venture Global CP2 LNG LLC and Venture Global CP Express LLC, both wholly owned subsidiaries of Venture Global LNG Inc., have requested US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval to initiate National Environmental Policy Act prefiling review for the proposed 20-million tonne/year (tpy) CP2 LNG plant in Cameron Parish, La., and the 48-in. OD, 87.5-mile CP Express natural gas pipeline from Jasper County, Tex., to the LNG plant.
CP2 LNG will include 18 liquefaction trains, each with a nameplate capacity of about 1.1-million tpy, four LNG full-containment storage tanks, two marine loading berths for ocean-going vessels, and an on site 1,440-Mw powerplant. The plant will be built in two 10-million tpy phases, with Phase 1 constructing nine trains, two tanks, a 720-Mw powerplant, the two marine berths, and ancillary infrastructure.
The CP Express pipeline and 84,000 hp of compression at a single station in Vinton, La., also will be built as part of Phase 1; an additional 84,000 hp will be added at the same station in Phase 2. Each phase of compression will use two 42,000-hp units. Phase 1 pipeline capacity will be 2 bcfd, climbing to 4 bcfd in Phase 2.
The project will also include construction 5.5 miles of 24-in. OD lateral pipeline in Calcasieu Parish, connecting CP2 LNG to the existing natural gas pipeline grid in east Texas and southwest Louisiana. CP2’s peak capacity will be 24-million tpy, with 20 million being the minimum output expected to be guaranteed by the project’s contractors.
Phase 1 is expected to begin construction upon receipt of all required regulatory approvals. The construction and operational timelines for Phase 2 will depend on market conditions. Following receipt of FERC authorization and other necessary approvals, CP2 LNG plans to begin construction in second-quarter 2023, commissioning its trains sequentially to make first deliveries of LNG in second-quarter 2025, and achieve full Phase 1 commercial operations by mid-2026.
Venture Global’s first liquefaction project, Calcasieu Pass LNG, is under construction in Cameron Parish (OGJ Online, Nov. 11, 2020) on a site adjacent to the planned CP2 project. Venture Global’s second permitted project, Plaquemines LNG (OGJ Online, Nov. 24, 2020), was authorized by FERC Sept. 30, 2019, and site preparation is expected to begin early 2021.
