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Kitsault Energy Files for National Energy Board Export License

The Financial Post reports that Kitsault Energy filed an application with Canada’s National Energy Board to export 20 million tonnes/year of LNG from a proposed terminal at Kitsault, north of Prince Rupert, British Columbia.  According to the article, a final investment decision on the project is anticipated by the end of...

Article Summarizes B.C. LNG Export Picture

An article in The Globe and Mail provides a summary of key developments in 2013 and projections for 2014 regarding LNG export developments in British Columbia.

Canada’s National Energy Board Approves Four LNG Export Licenses

The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB) has approved LNG export licenses for Prince Rupert LNG Exports Ltd., Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd., WCC LNG Ltd., and Woodfibre LNG Export Pte. Ltd.  Read more in the press release.  The Honourable Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, issued a statement following the NEB decisions stating that issuance of the licenses is subject to...

B.C. First Nations Seek Ownership Shares in Proposed LNG Export Terminals

The Globe and Mail reports that British Columbia (B.C.) First Nations have been seeking loan guarantees that would enable them to acquire ownership interests in proposed B.C. LNG export terminals. The article quotes Dave Porter, chief executive of British Columbia First Nations Energy and Mining Council, as stating that while there is an opportunity for industry to partner with First...

Petroleum Brunei Takes 3% Share of Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG Output

The Globe and Mail reports that Petroleum Brunei has agreed to take a 3% share of the LNG output from Petronas’s Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal project at Prince Rupert, British Columbia for a 20-year period.  After the deal is completed, Petronas’s share of the Pacific NorthWest LNG project will be reduced to 87% and Japan Petroleum Exploration will have a 10%...

Canaport LNG Receives LNG Export Authority

CBC News reports that the New Brunswick, Canada Department of the Environment has approved an application by Canaport LNG to export LNG via tanker from its terminal at Saint John, New Brunswick.  According to a report by The Chronicle Herald, the development does not impact plans of either H-Energy or Pieridae Energy Canada Ltd. to construct LNG export terminals in eastern...

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