The Environmental Protection Division of BC's Ministry of Environment is launching a major study of the water quality in the Kitimat valley, first on the Kitimat River and some of its tributaries and later on the Kitimat Arm of Douglas Channel. There has been no regular sampling by the province in Kitimat since 1995 (while […]
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 […]
Chevron will not be making a final investment decision on the Kitimat LNG project in 2015, Pat Yarrington, the company's vice president and chief financial officer told the first quarter earnings conference call Friday, May 1. All FIDs for Chevron projects around the world, with one exception, are on hold for this year Yarrington said. […]
Woodside Petroleum, the new partner with Chevron in the Kitimat LNG project is raising US$1 billion through the issue of corporate bonds into the U.S. market "to fund its capital and exploration expenditure program." A news release from Woodside says "the bonds will be issued by Woodside Finance Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Woodside […]
The Bish Forest Service Road will reopen to the public on March 1, 2015. With the upgrades created by the Chevron-led Kitimat LNG project, the single lane logging rough logging is now a high quality gravel “resource road.” The first 12 kilometres of the road will be open “to provide public access to connecting roads, recreational […]
Chevron, the lead corporation in the Kitimat LNG project announced on January 23 that the Moricetown Indian Band had agreed to join the First Nations Limited Partnership, in effect, approving the Pacific Trail Pipeline that would take natural gas to the project in Kitimat. Here is the news release from all parties involved. Vancouver, British […]
Apache Corporation today announced it has agreed to sell its interest in two LNG projects, Wheatstone LNG and Kitimat LNG, along with accompanying upstream oil and gas reserves, to Australila's Woodside Petroleum Limited for a purchase price of $2.75 billion. The news release says: Apache will also be reimbursed for its net expenditure in the […]
The Australian Business Review is reporting that Woodside Petroleum, a cash rich Australian energy company, has its eye on Apache's 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat LNG project. As part of any deal, Woodside would probably also have to buy Apache's stake in the Australian Wheatstone LNG project, which is also up for sale. […]
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 […]
Apache Corp is still looking for a buyer for its stake in the Kitimat LNG project, company CEO Steven Farris told investors Thursday as the company reported its third quarter results. Farris gave no details, just telling an investor conference call, that as he reported during the second quarter call, that company intends to "completely […]