Delta Express Gas Pipeline
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The Delta Express Gas Pipeline, also known as the Delta Express Pipeline, is a shelved natural gas pipeline in Louisiana, USA.[1][2]
Location
The pipeline would run from pipeline interconnections near Alto, Louisiana to the Delta LNG Terminal.[3]
Project details
- Operator: Delta Express Pipeline LLC (Venture Global LNG)[2]
- Owner: Venture Global LNG[4]
- Diameter: 42 in[2]
- Length: 281 mi[2]
- Status: Shelved[1]
- Start year: 2024[5]
- Associated infrastructure: Delta LNG Terminal
Background
First proposed in April 2019, the 280-mile Delta Express pipeline would be built through 14 parishes, connecting an existing natural gas pipeline in northern Louisiana to a liquid natural gas facility in Plaquemines Parish — Louisiana’s southernmost parish. As of September 2020, the pipeline was still in the early stages of permitting: Venture Global hadn’t submitted its formal application to FERC or acquired state permits.[4]
In September 2020, emails obtained through a public records request by the Energy and Policy Institute revealed that Venture Global had tried to influence Louisiana state and federal permitting agencies by employing a Louisiana lawmaker, Rep. Ryan Bourriaque (R-Abbeville). Bourriaque is vice chair of the House Natural Resources and Environment Committee. He negotiated with the state’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) about another Venture Global pipeline which will cross a Mississippi River levee that CPRA is planning to elevate. Bourriaque also sent a template letter for other Louisiana lawmakers to send to FERC in support of the Delta Express pipeline.[4] He was accused of trying to push the pipeline through black and indigenous communities.[6]
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, as of April 2021 the project had still not applied for FERC approval.[7]
As of October 2024, the project was in a pre-applied phase with FERC.[7]
In June 2025, Venture Global withdrew its pre-filing application for the both the Delta LNG Terminal and associated pipeline. The decision was made as the projects were deemed not to be the best use of the company resources. Focus was turned instead onto the Plaquemines Expansion project. The company indicated that it was retaining the land earmarked for the project, allowing a possible revival of the plan in the future.[1]
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adams, Mikaila. "Venture Global withdraws Delta LNG from pre-filing to focus on Plaquemines expansion". www.ogj.com. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Natural Gas Pipelines". eia.gov. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "EIP Oil & Gas Watch". oilandgaswatch.org. Retrieved 2025-09-16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sara Sneath, Louisiana lawmaker paid to push proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities, Energy News Network, Sep. 20, 2020, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
- ↑ Erica Jackson, National Energy and Petrochemical Map , FracTracker Alliance, Feb. 28, 2020, accessed Sep. 1, 2021.
- ↑ Sneath, Sara (17 September, 2020). "Public records show a Louisiana lawmaker is getting paid to push a proposed pipeline through Black, Indigenous communities". Southerly. Retrieved 14 August, 2023.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=and|date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 U.S. natural gas pipeline projects, U.S. Energy Information Administration, 14 August, 2023
