In 2017, the Greater Lafourche Port Commission and its tenant Energy World USA announced that Fourchon LNG had filed a formal letter to request initiation of the pre-filing review process with the US FERC. Energy World lost its lease in 2021.

Fourchon LNG intended to construct a 5 million tons per annum mid-scale LNG production and export facility at Port Fourchon Once constructed, Phase 1 of the Fourchon LNG project would have produced 2 million tons of LNG per year for export, with a program to increase capacity up to 5 million tons in Phase 2. Fourchon LNG also planned to reserve up to half a million tons of LNG per year for domestic use, with the intent of providing LNG to fuel the next generation of offshore supply vessels (OSVs) powered by LNG and operating in the Gulf of Mexico.

The Fourchon LNG facility was to be constructed to the west of Belle Pass on a site of up to 150 acres located on port-owned property outside of the port’s existing developments.

The proposed facility would have represented an investment of upwards of $888 million for Phase 1.