HOUSTON, June 10 (Reuters) - Venture Global ( VG ) asked

U.S. federal regulators to withdraw its application to build its

proposed 24 million metric tons per annum Delta LNG export

facility in Louisiana, saying it can build its proposed

Plaquemines expansion project faster, according to a filing on

Tuesday.

Venture Global ( VG ) is the second largest U.S. liquefied natural

gas exporter and has been able to build new LNG plants quicker

than any other company by manufacturing modular parts outside of

the U.S. and then putting them together on site.

Pursuing the Delta LNG Project would not be the best use of

its corporate resources, Venture Global ( VG ) said on Tuesday in a

filing to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

It said it has instead decided to focus on the Plaquemines

Expansion Project which the commission accepted in its

pre-filing review process on April 4, Venture Global ( VG ) said.

"Venture Global LNG expects that, upon completion, the

Plaquemines Expansion Project will produce approximately the

same quantities of LNG as the proposed Delta LNG Project, but on

a faster schedule," the company said.

The Plaquemines expansion project will be 18 million metric

tons per annum.

Venture Global ( VG ) plans to keep the land it had set aside for

Delta, should the market support the revival of the project, the

company said.