Ex-Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki’s New Company, Driftwood LNG, Requests Initiation of Pre-Filing Review Process for Louisiana Terminal
Driftwood LNG LLC and Driftwood LNG Pipeline LLC (together, Driftwood) have filed a request with FERC to initiate the pre-filing environmental review process for a 26 million tonnes/year LNG production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River near Carlyss, Calcasieu Parish, La. and an interconnected pipeline. Driftwood anticipates the project to be operational in 2025. Driftwood is a subsidiary of Tellurian LNG LLC, founded by ex-Cheniere Energy CEO Charif Souki and Martin Houston, founding partner and former head of Houston-based LNG developer Parallax Energy.