Kitimat, B.C.: Ground zero in the race to fuel Asia: Globe and Mail

Robin Rowland 

Energy Environment

The Globe and Mail Report on Business has a major report on Kitimat, LNG and pipelines

Kitimat, B.C.: Ground zero in the race to fuel Asia

A green light for the Kitimat LNG project could see the rapid establishment of a regional export hub, one that major global energy players are keen to join. By the end of this decade, three billion cubic feet a day of gas could flow through Kitimat - equal to all of B.C.'s current production and close to 20 per cent of Canada's current output.

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