** Shares of LNG producer Venture Global VG.N up ~3% to $10.20 premarket
** Company forecasts FY 2025 core profit above estimates, helped by higher LNG demand and shipments from its projects
** VG expects to export 145 to 150 cargos from the Calcasieu project and 222 to 239 cargos from the Plaquemines project this year
** However, VG expects current-year adjusted core profit of between $6.4 billion and $6.8 billion, the midpoint of which is above Wall Street expectations of $6.54 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG
** Q1 revenue more than doubles to $2.9 billion
** As of last close, VG has lost 58.7% since it went public on January 24
(Reporting by Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)
((Katha.Kalia@thomsonreuters.com))