Venture Global CP2 LNG plant rendering from Oil and Gas Journal
A proposed export terminal for liquified natural gas in southwest Louisiana continues to be on hold, waiting for Department of Energy approval. Kim Montie with Cameron Parish Port, Harbor and Terminal District says she doesn’t understand the holdup since Calcasieu Pass 2, or CP2, just received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
“They [CP2] met all the requirements that were, [that] the regulatory overlook was looking for,” she explains.
The Biden administration put a pause on liquified natural gas projects earlier this year, saying in a statement that “[t]he United States already is and will remain the largest exporter of LNG [liquified natural gas] in the world throughout this decade by a substantial margin based on the authorized export capacity that is currently operational or under construction after having reached a final investment decision.”
However, Montie says CP2 would be beneficial not just to local interests, as it would add at least 500 jobs to Cameron Parish, but to national interests as well.
“It’s good for national security, it’s good for our American workers, it’s good for our economy, it’s good for our allies,” she says.
Montie says though the commission’s approval wasn’t the go-ahead the parish was hoping for, “[i]t’s one step closer to getting the plant underway and our small businesses working again here in the parish.”
CP2 would be the nation’s largest export terminal for liquified natural gas.
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