Under the agreement, Williams will contribute approximately USD 1.9 billion in capital expenditure towards the LNG facility and pipeline, reducing Woodside’s total expected capital expenditure for the Louisiana LNG project to an estimated USD 9.9 billion. With the deal, Williams also assumes offtake obligations for 10% of the produced LNG volumes, equivalent to 1.6 million tonnes per year (tpy).
Woodside Energy has completed its sell-down of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG to global investment firm Stonepeak. Under the transaction, Stonepeak will provide $5.7 billion towards the capital expenditure for the development of Louisiana LNG on an accelerated basis, contributing 75% of project capital expenditure in both 2025 and 2026.
“Development of Louisiana LNG will position Woodside as a global LNG powerhouse, enabling the company to deliver approximately 24 Mtpa [million metric tons per annum] from its global LNG portfolio in the 2030s, and operating over 5 percent of global LNG supply”, Woodside said. “The development has expansion capacity for two additional LNG trains and is fully permitted for a total capacity of 27.6 Mtpa”.
Woodside has talked to at least three potential partners for the Louisiana LNG project, Reuters has reported, citing unnamed sources as saying the suitors include Japan’s JERA and Tokyo Gas, along with Aramco-backed MidOcean Energy.