Updates
** Shares of LNG company Venture Global VG.N rise 1.8% to $16.04
** Company to supply additional 0.75 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of liquefied natural gas to Germany-based distributor SEFE Energy GmbH from its Calcasieu Pass 2 (CP2) LNG project for 20 years
** Adds that this will increase total volume of LNG purchased by SEFE from CP2 LNG to 3.0 mtpa
** VG is expected to become Germany's largest LNG supplier, with combined 5 mtpa offtake 20-year agreements with German companies SEFE and Energie Baden Wuerttemberg AG EBKG.DE, company says
** To date, ~11.5 mtpa of CP2 Phase One has been sold, raising total contracted capacity for all of its projects to 41.5 mtpa, VG adds
** "We think this further supports recent commentary of strong global demand for long-term LNG contracts and expect VG could announce additional long-term SPAs for CP2 to achieve their targeted 2 to 5 MTPA of additional long-term SPAs at CP2," RBC Capital Markets analyst Elvira Scotto says
** Including session's moves, stock down over ~31% since NYSE debut in January
(Reporting by Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
((Pooja.Menon@thomsonreuters.com;))