Shell Joins BP in Ramping Up Dispute With Key US LNG Seller
- Companies ask FERC to intervene in Venture Global feud
- Exporter has delayed full startup of its Louisiana plant
An LNG carrier at the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export terminal in Cameron, Louisiana.
Photographer: Francois Picard/AFP/Getty Images
Shell Plc is joining rival BP Plc in escalating a feud with Venture Global LNG Inc., asking US energy regulators to intervene in their dispute with the natural gas exporter.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission should start a legal proceeding to disclose privileged documents that would reveal more about why Venture Global has delayed full commercial startup of its export plant in Louisiana, Shell said in a filing dated Tuesday. BP lodged a similar complaint with FERC last month. The companies, along with other Venture Global customers, previously filed arbitration cases against the gas supplier in New York and London.