Sep 6, 2026 – 12.57pmAcross a sweltering stretch of former Louisiana swamp, Woodside Energy’s biggest global bet is rising out of compacted earth.As alligators sometimes slide by, mobile cranes, tip trucks, emergency vehicles, utes and excavators crunch across the 445-hectare site. Then there are the classic yellow school buses, endlessly looping across 10-hour shifts, from sheds to lunch tents to two of the largest concrete tanks in North America and a maze of metal that will one day liquefy gas for export.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Jessica GardnerUnited States correspondentJessica Gardner is The Australian Financial Review’s United States correspondent. She was previously deputy editor - news.Fetching latest articles