Cameron Parish, Louisiana

PO Box 549
Cameron, LA 70631
Phone: (337) 775-5316
Fax: (337) 775-7172
www.cameronparish.net

On the southwestern border of LA, south of Lake Charles; organized Mar 15, 1870 from Calcasieu and Vermilion parishes. Name Origin: For Robert Alexander Cameron, a Confederate soldier active in LA politics after the Civil War; or possibly for Simon Cameron (1799-1889), U.S. senator from PA (1845-49; 1857-61; 1867-77) and secretary of war (1861-62)

Area (sq mi):: 1931.60 (land 1312.96; water 618.63) Population per square mile: 7.30
Population 2005: 9,558 State rank: 61 Population change: 2000-20005 -4.30%; 1990-2000 7.90% Population 2000: 9,991 (White 92.50%; Black or African American 3.90%; Hispanic or Latino 2.20%; Asian 0.40%; Other 2.00%). Foreign born: 1.60%. Median age: 35.00
Income 2000: per capita $15,348; median household $34,232; Population below poverty level: 12.30% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $17,930-$19,127
Unemployment (2004): 5.20% Unemployment change (from 2000): -0.70% Median travel time to work: 26.30 minutes Working outside county of residence: 41.10%

Cities with population over 10,000: None

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This week Venture Global announced final investment decision (FID) and the closing of the project financing for their Calcasieu Pass LNG facility and associated TransCameron pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Chart Receives Full Notice to Proceed for Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass LNG Export Terminal Project

This week Venture Global announced final investment decision and the closing of the project financing for their Calcasieu Pass LNG facility and associated TransCameron pipeline in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Chart Industries receives FNTP for Venture Global's Calcasieu Pass project

Cheniere Partners, through its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC ('SPL'), is developing, constructing, and operating natural gas liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, on the Sabine-Neches Waterway less than four miles from the Gulf Coast.

Cheniere Partners Declares Increase in Quarterly Distributions

will use a series of technologies from Honeywell UOP to remove various contaminants from natural gas prior to liquefaction at its Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Venture Global LNG to use series of technologies from Honeywell UOP

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC, a subsidiary of Venture Global LNG, Inc., and Galp, a Portuguese-based fully integrated energy player, have entered into a 20-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for the supply of one million tonnes per annum (MTPA) from the Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility, currently under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, USA, Thursday (5/3).

Venture Global LNG enters into LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement with Galp for 1 Million Tonnes Per Year

M2 EQUITYBITES-March 7, 2018-Venture Global & Shell renews existing SPA for LNG from Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Venture Global & Shell renews existing SPA for LNG from Cameron Parish, Louisiana

HBW Resources was retained by Port Cameron, LLC to enhance its bid to identify and secure customers for its private deepwater staging port in Cameron Parish, LA.

Private deepwater port planned in Louisiana

Both the proposed LNG terminal and the proposed pipeline system are located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana.

Venture Global LNG reach regulatory milestones for LNG export facility and pipeline system

Sabine Pass already has FERC and DOE approval to export to non-FTA nations from trains 1-4 in Cameron Parish, LA, and is now looking for additional approval for exports to FTA and non-FTA from Trains 5 and 6, whose construction has not been approved by the FERC, nor has Sabine received conditional approval forT5/6 exports from the DOE.

DOE plans to eliminate 'conditional' LNG export applications