A liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal along the Mississippi River south of New Orleans began generating power for its operations last month.

On May 17, 2024, two Venture Global subsidiaries notified the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality that they had started operating a combustion turbine at the Plaquemines LNG terminal in Plaquemines Parish to provide electrical power for initial start-up and to begin liquifying natural gas.

Construction of the terminal is being completed in two phases, and once fully operational, it could process up to 24 million tons of LNG per year.