(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The energy media, including Reuters and Upstream Online are reporting that both Shell and Mitsubishi are looking to possibly sell off significant portions of their stake in LNG Canada. Petronas, another of the partners in LNG Canada, has already sold off 20 per cent of its stake in the project to a liquified natural gas […]
LNG Canada says the Kitimat liquified natural gas project “has been delayed and not cancelled” with a Final Investment Decision possible in the next 18 to 24 months, Director of External Relations Susannah Pierce told a company sponsored community pizza party at Riverlodge on Tuesday October 18, 2016. She paid tribute to the support for […]
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 in Kitimat has received a facility permit from the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC), the company said Tuesday. A news release from LNG Canada says the permit is one of the key permits required for the construction and operation of the proposed LNG Canada project. LNG Canada is the […]
The headline on Thursday’s CBC.ca coverage of the sudden controversy over a boycott in British Columbia of Tim Horton's over the Enbridge ads sums up everything that's wrong about media coverage not only of the boycotts, but of northwest energy and environment issues overall. “Tim Hortons yanks Enbridge ads, sparks Alberta backlash.” The anger at […]
Enbridge Northern Gateway officials are loath (to put it mildly) to speak to the media but sometimes they let things slip. Earlier this summer, at a social event, I heard an Enbridge official (probably inadvertently) reveal that when the company's engineers came before District of Kitimat Council earlier this year they were surprised and somewhat […]
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 […]