Baker Hughes and Venture Global LNG are expanding their long-standing collaboration to advance critical US gas infrastructure. Baker Hughes will provide gas compression systems for the Cloud Connector Pipeline project in Louisiana, as well as a modular liquefaction solution including cold boxes to support the expansion of the Plaquemines liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility.
The pipeline contract includes 13 gas compression systems driven by Frame 5/2E gas turbines, representing one of the largest deployments for LNG feed gas transportation in the United States. This will enable transportation of feed gas through the Cloud Connector Pipeline to Venture Global’s Plaquemines facility.
Under the liquefaction award, Baker Hughes will provide four liquefaction blocks, comprising a total of eight liquefaction modules, to support additional LNG production capacity at Plaquemines LNG facility. The liquefaction blocks include Chart cold boxes.
Each liquefaction block is based on two electric-motor driven, single mixed-refrigerant liquefaction modules, and associated compression trains featuring Baker Hughes’ advanced centrifugal compressor technology, as well as cold boxes, air coolers and integrated control systems.
The Cloud Connector award is the second order of Frame 5/2E gas turbine-driven centrifugal compressor packages for Venture Global’s feed gas pipeline, expanding the fleet to 23 Frame 5/2E-driven gas compression systems for the Plaquemines LNG facility. The award further strengthens Baker Hughes’ strategic relationship with Venture Global, supporting more than 100 MTPA of existing and planned LNG production capacity.
