(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 […]
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 […]
Analysis Monday's decision by LNG Canada to postpone the all-important Final Investment Decision for the Kitimat liguified natural gas project came as a momentary shock—but no real surprise. After the Brexit vote, you could see the hold button blinking from across the Atlantic. Andy Calitz CEO of LNG Canada and a long time, experienced, executive […]
The Shell-led LNG Canada project unveiled its commitments to Kitimat at a ceremony at the community information centre at the old Methanex site on October 7, 2014. LNG Canada has forged the commitments in a sheet of aluminum that is bolted to the wall of the community information centre. Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan unveiled the […]
The final investment decision for the LNG Canada project is 18 to 24 months ahead, Andy Calitz, CEO LNG Canada said Wednesday. Calitz said that the project must go through a series of what are called “stage gates” before the respective corporate boards of the partners make that decision. Calitz said the project has already […]
LNG Canada has called a news conference in Vancouver early Wednesday morning to "announce a project milestone." BC Premier Christy Clark, BC LNG Minister Rich Coleman, LNG Canada executives and delegations from the joint venture partners, Shell Canada Energy, Diamond LNG Canada, an (“affiliate” of Mitsubishi), Korea Gas Corporation and Phoenix Energy (an “affiliate” of […]
LNG Canada, the project led by Shell Canada Energy, has passed the first step in the environmental review process for the liquified natural gas plant and terminal. LNG Canada said Tuesday that the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office has approved LNG Canada’s Application Information Requirements (AIR) for the proposed project. The company says the AIR […]
LNG Canada says it wants to be “first out of the gate” in the competitive race to send BC's liquified natural gas to Asian markets. The company held a well attended open house at the Kitimat Rod and Gun on November 27, with the usual array of posters and experts, to mark the beginning of […]
PetroChina went on a multi-billion dollar natural gas buying spree Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, picking up shares in operations in both Canada and Australia. In Canada, Encana, one of the partners in the Kitimat LNG project, signed a joint venture arrangement with Phoenix Duvernay Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina, to explore and develop Encana's extensive […]