Fact sheet: Venice Extension Project
The project will provide 1.26 Bcf/d of natural gas supply to the Venture Global Plaquemines LNG facility in Plaquemines Parish, LA.
Venice Extension Project
The Venice Extension Project efficiently expands Texas Eastern’s existing infrastructure and transportation capacity to connect North American supply to growing Gulf Coast markets
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) is proposing to expand its system through the construction, replacement, and modification of facilities in Louisiana. Once in-service, the Venice Extension Project will provide 1.26 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of firm natural gas transportation supply to the Venture Global Plaquemines LNG facility in Plaquemines Parish.
The proposed scope includes abandoning in-place a 2.2-mile-long existing segment to be replaced with a new 3-mile-long pipeline, and a new compressor station in Pointe Coupee Parish. Texas Eastern will also modify two existing compressor stations in Iberville and Lafourche Parishes by abandoning in-place the existing, inactive compressor unit and installing one new compressor at each of the existing facility sites.
The majority of the route for the proposed project would be located within the existing system's right-of-way where possible to minimize impacts to landowners and the environment.
The Venice Extension Project is anticipated to be placed in service in 2024.
For more information on the Venture Global Plaquemines LNG facility and the associated Gator Express Pipeline, please visit venturegloballng.com.
Read the May 26, 2022 news release.
Project overview
- Type: Natural gas pipeline
- Peak day capacity: 1.26 Bcf/d
- In-service target date: 2024
- Docket number: CP22-15-000
- Ownership: Enbridge Inc. (100%)
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Project Information:
Proposed Facilities
The Venice Extension Project is designed to minimize disturbances to landowners, communities, and the environment. Facilities and work will include:
- Construction of a 3-mile, 36-inch-diameter pipeline segment on Texas Eastern’s Line 40 in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Abandon in place a 2.2-mile pipeline segment of Line 40
- Upgrade a metering and regulating facility on a platform in Barataria Bay, Plaquemines Parish
- Construction of a 31,900-horsepower greenfield compressor station in Pointe Coupee Parish
- Abandoning in-place a 2.2-mile-long existing segment, to be replaced with a new 3-mile-long pipeline and a new compressor station in Pointe Coupee Parish. Texas Eastern will also modify two existing compressor stations in Iberville and Lafourche Parishes by abandoning in-place the existing, inactive compressor unit and installing one new compressor at each of the existing facility sites, as well as upgrade a metering and regulating facility on a platform in Barataria Bay, Plaquemines Parish.
