From The Star Amid fierce opposition from all over the province, at least one group of British Columbians is counting the federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain Pipeline project as an opportunity. They are the skilled tradespeople who believe the federal government will have to be a more accountable employer for the controversial energy project than Texas-based Kinder Morgan. Kinder
From CBC News Global demand is growing for LNG, providing lifeline for projects still in development The once sky-high aspirations to develop a liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry on Canada’s West Coast have crashed to the ground, but experts say the window of opportunity has yet to close as demand for the resource continues to rise around the globe. After several project
Marketable natural gas production in Canada totaled 13.4 billion cubic meters in September, up 3.6% from the same month a year earlier, Canada’s statistics bureau said. Alberta (73.4%) and British Columbia (24.2%) continued to account for most of Canadian production in September. In August, natural gas transmission pipelines received 533.6 million gigajoules of natural gas from fields, gathering systems and
Ottawa asks for extra time for environmental assessment of Pacific NorthWest LNG Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has hit yet another hurdle on the road to developing its Pacific NorthWest LNG project in British Columbia, Canada. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) requested three extra months to review the project, reports Reuters. The Canadian government in Ottawa said it remains committed to
Squamish First Nation conditions can be met, just need time to work out the details The Squamish First Nation has postponed a vote over a proposed $1.6 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in its traditional territory while it negotiates with the project’s backers during an environmental review. The Squamish Nation is undertaking an independent environmental assessment, which will be
Pacific NorthWest LNG will be exempt from tax hikes for 25 years British Columbian Finance Minister Mike de Jong released the details of the province’s deal with Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) in order to attract a Final Investment Decision (FID) on the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) project. B.C. will compensate PNW LNG for any raises on the
Conference Board of Canada reports that B.C. will see the largest growth of any province in 2015 LNG projects would be “a game changer” The Conference Board of Canada released its Provincial Outlook: Winter 2015, and expects economic growth in British Columbia to outpace all other provinces in Canada. British Columbia’s economy grew by 2.8% in 2014, with growth in
Exxon and its Canadian partners have filed to move forward on a new LNG project in western Canada ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) and its Canadian partner Imperial Oil Ltd. (ticker: IMO) have taken a step forward in the process of developing the WCC LNG project in British Columbia, Canada. WCC LNG filed an environmental assessment and project description for its proposed
