Exhibit 10.32
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FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LETTER OF AGREEMENT
THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LETTER OF AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), made as of April 7, 2023 (the “Effective Date”), is entered into by and between VENTURE GLOBAL LNG, INC., a Delaware corporation (“VGLNG”) and BAKER HUGHES ENERGY SERVICES LLC (f/k/a GE Oil & Gas, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (“BH”). VGLNG and BH are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”
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WHEREAS, VGLNG, through its subsidiaries, is developing and/or constructing certain liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) export facilities within the United States of America, including the LNG export facility currently being constructed by Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC (“VG Calcasieu Pass”) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the “Calcasieu Pass Project”), the LNG export facility currently being constructed by Venture Global Plaquemines LNG, LLC (“VG Plaquemines”) in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana (the “Plaquemines LNG Project”), and the LNG export facility currently being developed by Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC (“VG CP2 LNG”) in Cameron Parish, Louisiana (the “CP2 LNG Project”);
WHEREAS, BH and its affiliates (a) design, engineer, fabricate and manufacture certain natural gas liquefaction equipment, specifically natural gas liquefaction equipment consisting of liquefaction trains (each, a “Liquefaction Train”), with each Liquefaction Train consisting of one (1) six hundred twenty-six thousandth (0.626) million metric tonnes of LNG per annum (“MTPA”) liquefaction unit with associated electric-driven motorcompressor package (including auxiliaries), cold box, surge vessel and common e-house, all as further described in Appendix C that is included in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, and (b) supply a nominally rated 611 MW [***] gas turbine combined cycle power island, which includes a gas insulated switchgear, and associated controls, auxiliaries and other equipment, the high-voltage to medium-voltage power distribution system in between the power island and the liquefaction system (each, a “Power Island System”), all as further described in Appendix C that is included in Exhibit B, which is attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein (the “Standard Configuration”) or an alternative configuration of power island equipment, which may include one or more [***] or [***] gas turbines to meet Project power demand in excess of available utility-supplied power (if any) (an “Alternative Configuration”), that may be selected by a Purchaser (as defined below);
WHEREAS, VGLNG, BH and VG Calcasieu Pass entered into that certain Letter of Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2016, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2017, as further modified by a Letter Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 2 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 3 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 4 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of September 13, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 5 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of September 21, 2018, and as amended by Amendment No. 6 to Letter of Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2018 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified, the “Original Letter of Agreement”);
WHEREAS, VGLNG and BH entered into that certain Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of September 25, 2018, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2019, Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2019, Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of January 24, 2020, Amendment No. 4 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of February 12, 2020, Amendment No. 5 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2020, Amendment No. 6 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2020, Amendment No. 7 to Amended and Restated Letter of Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2020, Amendment No. 8 to