B.C. Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Conversion of Pipelines Supplying LNG Terminals to Oil Transportation
Posted on Jan 7, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Pipelines, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C. Adopts Regulation Prohibiting Conversion of Pipelines Supplying LNG Terminals to Oil Transportation
The Province of British Columbia (B.C.) has adopted a regulation to ensure pipelines built to support LNG facilities will not be permitted to transport oil or diluted bitumen. The regulation was adopted to address First Nations’ environmental concerns with the potential for such conversions. Read more in the Reuters...
First Nations File Court Appeal of B.C. Approval of Kitimat Feeder Pipeline
Posted on Dec 19, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, LNG Exports | Comments Off on First Nations File Court Appeal of B.C. Approval of Kitimat Feeder Pipeline
The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian First Nations Nadleh Whut’en and Nak’azdli (the First Nations) have filed a court appeal of the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) decision to approve TransCanada’s Coastal GasLink pipeline project, which would supply gas to the proposed LNG Canada export terminal near Kitimat, B.C. The First Nations allege that EAO...
Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Posted on Dec 17, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Signs Tax Agreement with the District of Port Edward
Pacific NorthWest LNG and the District of Port Edward, British Columbia, announced today that they have agreed to a 25 year agreement-in-principle in support of infrastructure and services totaling approximately $150 million related to a proposed LNG export terminal on Lelu Island. The agreement is subject to Pacific NorthWest LNG proceeding to construction of the terminal and will be...
Apache to Sell Kitimat LNG Share to Woodside Petroleum
Posted on Dec 15, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Apache to Sell Kitimat LNG Share to Woodside Petroleum
The Globe and Mail reports that Australian oil and natural gas company Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has agreed to buy Apache Corporation’s 50% stake in the proposed Kitimat LNG export terminal project in British Columbia. Chevron Corporation holds the other 50% interest in Kitimat...
Bear Head LNG Files For DOE Gas Export Authority
Posted on Dec 11, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bear Head LNG Files For DOE Gas Export Authority
Bear Head LNG Corporation (Bear Head LNG) and Bear Head LNG (USA), LLC (Bear Head USA), both indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Australian company Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, announced that they have filed an application with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to export up to 503 Bcf/year of natural gas over a 25-year period by pipeline to Canada. The...
First Nations Sign Pipeline Benefit Agreements with B.C.
Posted on Dec 8, 2014 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Pipelines | Comments Off on First Nations Sign Pipeline Benefit Agreements with B.C.
The Skin Tyee First Nation (Skin Tyee) and Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band (Nee Tahi Buhn) in northern British Columbia (B.C.) have signed pipeline benefit agreements with the B.C. government allowing them to benefit from the proposed Coastal GasLink Pipeline project, which will run through the tribes’ lands to provide gas supplies to LNG Canada’s proposed LNG export terminal at Kitimat,...