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Tuesday, May 28 2019 - 21:00
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Venture Global LNG and Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners Announce $1.3 Billion Equity Investment in Calcasieu Pass LNG Export Facility
ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Venture Global LNG, Inc. ("Venture Global") and Stonepeak Infrastructure 
Partners ("Stonepeak") jointly announce that they have executed definitive 
agreements under which Stonepeak will exclusively provide a $1.3 billion equity 
investment in Venture Global's 10 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) Calcasieu 
Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.  This brings total 
committed capital to fund the construction of Calcasieu Pass and the continued 
development of Venture Global's 20 MTPA Plaquemines LNG and 20 MTPA Delta LNG 
facilities to $2.2 billion.

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Venture Global LNG Co-CEO Mike Sabel stated, "We are happy to announce this 
important milestone for Calcasieu Pass and very proud to partner with a 
world-class investor like Stonepeak.  Their team brings a great depth of LNG 
knowledge and a track record of investing in exceptional infrastructure 
projects throughout North America."  Co-CEO Bob Pender added, "Calcasieu Pass 
is already significantly advanced in both site construction and module 
manufacturing, owing to the $855 million previously raised to date. We are 
finalizing the balance of our Calcasieu Pass financing with our consortium of 
project finance lenders, and we look forward to providing LNG to our global 
customers -- Shell, BP, Edison S.p.A., Galp, Repsol and PGNiG -- in 2022."

"We are long-term believers in the increasing importance of LNG as a global 
source of greener, cheaper energy and Stonepeak could not be more pleased to 
support Venture Global through the financing of this exciting project.  
Calcasieu Pass will be a critical provider of LNG to its blue-chip customer 
base and we look forward to supporting Venture Global, who we believe to be a 
global leader in developing low cost LNG production, in its efforts to bring 
cost-advantaged supply to new and existing markets," said Stonepeak Senior 
Managing Director Jack Howell. 

The 10 MTPA nameplate Venture Global Calcasieu Pass facility will employ a 
comprehensive process solution from Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) that 
utilizes highly efficient mid-scale, modular, factory-fabricated liquefaction 
trains.  Kiewit is designing, engineering, constructing, commissioning, testing 
and guaranteeing the Calcasieu Pass facility.  Calcasieu Pass has received all 
necessary permits, including FERC authorization and Non-FTA export 
authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy, and construction activities 
are ongoing with over $250 million spent on site preparation work, final 
engineering and equipment purchases and fabrication. Venture Global expects to 
secure FERC and DOE authorizations for Plaquemines LNG in the third quarter of 
this year and commence construction shortly thereafter. 

Morgan Stanley served as the exclusive financial advisor for Venture Global LNG 
on this transaction and Latham & Watkins LLP served as Venture Global's legal 
counsel.  Simpson Thacher served as legal counsel for Stonepeak.  As part of 
the investment, Stonepeak Managing Director James Wyper will join the board of 
Calcasieu Pass. 

About Venture Global LNG

Venture Global LNG is a long-term, low-cost provider of LNG to be supplied from 
resource rich North American natural gas basins. Venture Global LNG's 
liquefaction process system employs a highly efficient and reliable suite of 
products supplied by BHGE. Venture Global LNG has begun construction of the 10 
MTPA Venture Global Calcasieu Pass facility at the intersection of the 
Calcasieu Ship Channel and the Gulf of Mexico and is developing the 20 MTPA 
Venture Global Plaquemines LNG facility 30 miles south of New Orleans on the 
Mississippi River, and the 20 MTPA Venture Global Delta LNG facility, also on 
the Mississippi River south of New Orleans. Venture Global has raised 
approximately $2.2 billion of capital to-date to support the development of its 
projects.  More can be found at www.venturegloballng.com.

About Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners

Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners (www.stonepeakpartners.com) is an 
infrastructure-focused private equity firm with over $15 billion of assets 
under management and with offices in New York, Houston and Austin. Stonepeak 
invests in long-lived, hard-asset businesses and projects that provide 
essential services to customers, and seeks to actively partner with 
high-quality management teams, facilitate operational improvements, and provide 
capital for growth initiatives.

SOURCE Venture Global LNG, Inc.

CONTACT: Venture Global investor contact: Leah Woodward, D: +1 202 759-6746, 
lwoodward@vglng.com; Venture Global media contact: Jessica Wickett, D: +1 202 
759-6739, jwickett@vglng.com; Stonepeak contact: Daniel Schmitz, D: +1 212 
907-5119, schmitz@stonepeakpartners.com
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