{"id":343874,"date":"2026-03-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/?post_type=noticias&#038;p=343874"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:18:17","slug":"u-s-authorizes-increase-in-lng-exports-from-plaquemines-lng","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/u-s-authorizes-increase-in-lng-exports-from-plaquemines-lng\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Authorizes Increase in LNG Exports from Plaquemines LNG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) approved an <strong>immediate 13% increase<\/strong> in LNG (liquefied natural gas) exports from the <strong>Plaquemines LNG<\/strong> terminal, operated by <strong>Venture Global<\/strong> in Louisiana.<\/p>\n\n<p>With this authorization, Plaquemines LNG will be able to export <strong>up to 450 million additional cubic feet<\/strong> per day to destinations <strong>without free trade agreements (FTAs)<\/strong>, which will raise its total export capacity to <strong>3,850 million cubic feet per day<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plaquemines LNG Grows as a Hub for Global Energy Supply<\/h2>\n\n<p>Located in Louisiana, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ventureglobal.com\/venture-global-plaquemines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Plaquemines LNG<\/a><\/strong> began its exports in <strong>December 2024<\/strong> and has shown accelerated growth, currently exceeding <strong>3 billion cubic feet exported daily<\/strong>. With this new approval, the terminal will further expand its presence in international markets, especially among countries not associated with the United States by trade treaties. <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official Statements<\/h2>\n\n<p>The announcement was confirmed by <strong>Energy Secretary Chris Wright<\/strong>, who highlighted the significance of the moment:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We will see a significant increase in U.S. LNG export capacity at Plaquemines immediately, and other facilities will begin operations in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<cite>Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>For his part, <strong>Kyle Haustveit<\/strong>, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the DOE&#8217;s Office of Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy, stated:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Our mission to provide secure, reliable, and affordable energy has never been more important than it is now. I am pleased that the Department of Energy can take this step to make an immediate difference and contribute to increasing the global supply of LNG. <\/p>\n<cite>Kyle Haustveit, Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office of Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outlook for the LNG Industry<\/h2>\n\n<p>With other facilities set to come online in the coming months, the measure represents <strong>a clear signal of the federal government&#8217;s commitment to energy expansion<\/strong>. <strong><a href=\"\/en\/news\/venture-global-and-trafigura-seal-strategic-alliance-for-lng-supply\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Venture Global<\/a><\/strong> is positioning itself as one of the leading companies in this drive, consolidating Plaquemines LNG as <strong>a key node in the U.S. LNG export network<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/articles\/energy-department-approves-immediate-additional-lng-exports-plaquemines-lng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. Department of Energy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plaquemines LNG terminal will be able to export up to 3,850 million cubic feet per day following the new approval from the Department of Energy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":343832,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13036],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-343874","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-oil-and-gas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/343874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/343874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=343874"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=343874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}