Shell Canada JV Receives National Energy Board LNG Export License
Posted on Feb 5, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Shell Canada JV Receives National Energy Board LNG Export License
The Calgary Herald reports that Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has granted authority to LNG Canada Development Inc., a joint venture among Shell Canada Ltd., Korea Gas Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and PetroChina Co. Ltd., to export up to 3.23 Bcf/day (24 million tonnes/year) of LNG from a proposed terminal near Kitimat, British Columbia. The article notes that the NEB has...
AltaGas Ltd. and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. Announce LNG Export Plans
Posted on Jan 30, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on AltaGas Ltd. and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. Announce LNG Export Plans
The Calgary Herald reports that Calgary-based AltaGas Ltd. and refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. of Tokyo will form an equal partnership to pursue opportunities involving exports of LNG and LPG from Canada to Asia. The partnership expects to complete a feasibility study by early 2014 on building an LNG liquefaction and export facility using the pipelines of AltaGas subsidiary Pacific...
Golar and LNG Partners Awarded LNG Purchase Contract from Douglas Channel Project
Posted on Jan 22, 2013 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Golar and LNG Partners Awarded LNG Purchase Contract from Douglas Channel Project
Golar LNG Limited (Golar) announced that it and LNG Partners, LLC, have finalized a contract with BC LNG Export Co-Operative, LLC, for purchase of 700,000 tons of LNG per year, beginning by mid-2015, from the Douglas Channel LNG Project (DC Project) near Kitimat, British Columbia. LNG Partners was also awarded a contract for feed gas supply for the DC Project. Read more in the...
Member of Canadian Parliament Files Letter Opposing LNG Development on Passamaquoddy Bay
Posted on Nov 20, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Marine Regulation, Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Member of Canadian Parliament Files Letter Opposing LNG Development on Passamaquoddy Bay
John Williamson, member of the Canadian House of Commons representing the New Brunswick Southwest district, filed a letter at FERC stating his opposition to LNG development, terminals and traffic in Passamaquoddy Bay. Mr. Williamson stated that his position is consistent with the policy of the Government of Canada, and that “[w]e will continue to use all diplomatic and legal...
Canada’s Rejection of Progress Energy Takeover Puts Cloud Over LNG Terminal Plans
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canada’s Rejection of Progress Energy Takeover Puts Cloud Over LNG Terminal Plans
The Canadian federal government’s rejection of Malaysian company Petronas’ proposed takeover of Progress Energy puzzles British Columbia’s Energy Minister Rich Coleman, who was counting on Petronas to develop Progress’s Montney gas field and construct an LNG export terminal near Prince Rupert. Read more in the Vancouver Sun...
LNG Export Terminal Proposed for Nova Scotia
Posted on Oct 24, 2012 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on LNG Export Terminal Proposed for Nova Scotia
Pieridae Energy Canada announced today the proposed development of an LNG export facility in Goldboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. The project will include a natural gas liquefaction plant and facilities for the storage and export of LNG, including a marine jetty for loading. The facility is anticipated to produce approximately five million metric tons of LNG per year and have on-site storage...