Commonwealth LNG contractor Technip Industries NV granted Baker Hughes Inc. full notice to proceed to supply primary liquefaction equipment for Commonwealth’s 9.5-million tonne/year (tpy) liquefaction plant in Cameron Parish, La. The award includes six refrigerant turbo compressors comprising LM9000 aeroderivative gas turbines paired with BCL1407 centrifugal compressors.
Caturus Energy LLC, formed by Kimmeridge to combine its upstream and downstream interests, owns Commonwealth LNG. Caturus chief executive officer David Lawler said that “the Commonwealth project is a crucial component of Caturus’ wellhead-to-water strategy, and…another important step toward building the nation’s leading independent integrated natural gas company.”
Commonwealth agreed in September 2025 to sell EQT Corp. 1 million tpy of LNG for 20 years on a free-on-board, Henry Hub-indexed basis. It expects to take final investment decision on the plant in first-quarter 2026 and anticipates first production in 2029.
The plant has 5 million tpy of its output under contract, including the deal with EQT. Other buyers include Glencore PLC, JERA Co. Inc., and Petrroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas).
Commonwealth in October 2025 asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a 4-year extension to complete its plant, maintaining that progress had been slowed by the Biden Administration’s freeze on awarding new export licenses for shipment of LNG to non-free trade agreement countries.
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