Enbridge Inc. is advancing its Venice Extension project and Gator Express meter project to deliver 1.5 bcfd of natural gas to Venture Global Inc.'s 20-million tonne/year Plaquemines LNG plant under development in Plaquemines Parish, La.
The project will involve installation of 3 miles of 36-in. OD pipeline on affiliate Texas Eastern Transmission Co.’s Line 40 in Pointe Coupee Parish, La., abandonment of 2.2 miles of existing Line 40 pipe, and construction of a new 31,900-hp compressor station and metering also in Pointe Coupee. Venice Extension will also abandon-in-place two existing, inactive 19,800-hp compressor units—one each at compressor stations in Iberville Parish and Lafourche Parish, La.—and install one new 31,900-hp unit at each of these stations.
Enbridge expects the Gator Express meter project to enter service in 2023 and Venice Extension in 2024, at an estimated combined cost of $400 million, underpinned by long-term take or pay contracts.
Venture Global sanctioned Plaquemines LNG earlier this week (OGJ Online, May 25, 2022).
