Venture Global Greenlights $8.6 Billion US LNG Export Expansion

The Venture Global Plaquemines liquefied natural gas export facility in Port Sulphur, Louisiana.

Photographer: Kathleen Flynn/Bloomberg

Venture Global Inc. will move forward with an $8.6 billion expansion of its third liquefied natural gas export project in Louisiana, the company said on Friday.

The company announcedBloomberg Terminal a final investment decision and the closing of financing for a second phase of its CP2 terminal. Lenders include a consortium of banks such as Banco Santander, Bank of America, Bank of China and Goldman Sachs. Lead arrangers for the term loan include Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria and MUFG Bank Ltd.