Venture Global LNG, with two proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export projects underway in Louisiana, has hired Jim Strohman as a senior vice president and project director for Calcasieu Pass LNG in Louisiana. Strohman spent 17 years with Dominion Energy, where he most recently was project director for the Dominion Cove Point LNG facility, the sole LNG export project in operation on the East Coast. Strohman directed Cove Point from planning to initial operation. Strohman is also a retired commander of the U.S. Navy Reserve, where he served for more than 20 years. Calcasieu LNG is scheduled to begin operating in 2022, with Venture’s Plaquemines LNG start up scheduled for 2023.
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