Shell Lifts First Cargo as Venture Global’s US LNG Project Kicks Off Commercial Ops

November 2, 2026 · 5 minutes ago

Venture Global has achieved commercial operations at Phase 1 of its LNG project in Louisiana, with Shell lifting the facility's first cargo.

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project developer Venture Global has reached commercial operations (COD) for the first phase of its Plaquemines LNG export facility in Louisiana, hitting the milestone just over 53 months after making its final investment decision (FID), a project described as one of the fastest greenfield LNG developments ever completed.

Venture Global has begun commercial operations at the first phase of its second LNG export project, Plaquemines LNG, and confirmed the sale of low-cost, U.S. LNG to the first phase’s long-term sales and purchase agreement (SPA) customers, with the first post-COD cargo lifted by Shell.