(Editor's note: I suspended coverage on Northwest Coast Energy News in July as I recovered from a leg injury. Healing is going well. At this time I am resuming limited coverage. So for the record, here are today’s news releases on the announcement of LNG Canada Phase 2.) On Tuesday, September […]
On May 27, 2026 at a forum in Kitimat called “What Are the Health Harms of Flaring from LNG?” Kitimat resident and registered nurse Ankur Patel told the audience, “An experiment[is] being done in our community and in ways that we have never seen before. This industry is developed in a way that's […]
A news release from Premier David Eby says that “the Government of Canada, the Government of British Columbia and LNG Canada reached agreement on enhanced investment co-operation and actions to collectively progress closure of final items to support a potential 2026 Final Investment Decision (FID) of LNG Canada's proposed Phase 2 expansion, a key national […]
Three of the world’s biggest asset management funds are making multibillion dollar bids for a stake in LNG Canada, Reuters is reporting. The companies are Apollo Global Management, Blackstone and KKR, Reuters said, quoting anonymous sources. Shell and the three companies would not comment to Reuters on the report. If the deal goes through it […]
Shell says it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ARC Resources Ltd, a Calgary based energy company focused on the Montney shale basin in British Columbia and Alberta. The deal is worth $22 billion Canadian, ($13.6 billion US in cash and shares) and includes taking over ARC’s debts. Financial analysts report that offer […]
Iran’s missile strikes damaged 17 per cent of Qatar’s LNG capacity, forcing a complete shutdown at Ras Laffan, the world’s largest LNG facility, Saad al-Kaabi, the CEO of QatarEnergy CEO says. That accounts for 12.8 million metric tons of LNG that is no longer available to Qatar’s mostly Asian customers. “I never in my wildest […]
The US aluminum company, Alcoa, announced officially on Monday March 16, that it will demolish its smelter at Ferndale, Washington. Calgary based AltaGas has acquired the rights to develop the site possibly for a green hydrogen plant. AltaGas is the parent company of Pacific Northern Gas, which supplies natural gas to Kitimat, through its consumer […]
In 2011, J. P. Morgan Chase, Jeffery Epstein’s bank, tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat, US Justice Dept files reveal. The Justice Department’s wide ranging release of files on convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has yielded a surprising footnote, the first hints of liquefied natural gas development in Kitimat. Epstein was […]
The LNG Canada flare spiked at 260 million standard cubic feet per day or about 7,362,380 cubic metres per day during production problems with Train 2 during October, satellite data obtained by Northwest Coast Energy News can reveal. That is much higher than the expected 11,000 cubic metres per day for normal plant operations and […]
Two companies plan to construct the first primary aluminum plant to be built in the United States in almost 50 years, the companies said on Monday, adding once complete, the smelter in Inola, Oklahoma will be the largest ever primary aluminum production plant in the U.S. When the smelter in Oklahoma is completed by 2030, […]