Updated with clarification The pollsters were the biggest losers in the British Columbia provincial election on May 14—but not in the way everyone is talking about. It’s clear to the Wednesday morning quarterbacks that the big issue in BC was the economy, … Continue reading
A report issued by Ernst & Young, The Global LNG Report, says that there will be strong demand for liquified natural gas over the next 10 to 20 years. At the same time LNG buyers will increasingly push back from “price-sensitive … Continue reading
When the story of the Stephen Harper government is told, historians will say that the week of March 17 to 23, 2013, is remembered, not for the release of a lacklustre federal budget, but for day after day of political … Continue reading
District of Kitimat Council tonight (March 4, 2013) approved building permits for the KMLNG work camp at the old West Fraser Eurocan paper mill site. The first phase of the camp, called 1A will have 155 beds, followed by … Continue reading
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is calling for comments on the proposed LNG project at Prince Rupert. An agency news release says: As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA 2012) put in place to … Continue reading
The National Energy Board has approved an application by Shell Canada’s LNG Canada Development Inc. (LNG Canada) a licence to export liquefied natural gas from a proposed terminal near Kitimat. A NEB release says: The export licence will authorize LNG … Continue reading
The Haisla Nation, the federal government and the province of British Columbia have signed an agreement that opens the way for liquified natural gas development on Haisla territory on Douglas Channel. The federal government also announced new regulations under the … Continue reading
Bermuda-based Golar LNG has confirmed that it has signed a finalized contract for both feed gas supply and LNG purchase and off-take for train #1 of the Douglas Channel LNG Project, the smallest of the three (so far) proposed LNG projects … Continue reading
Apache has a new partner in the Kitimat LNG project, Chevron Canada Ltd and, in effect, Chevron is taking over the project from Apache who has been unable to find customers for the liquified natural gas project in Asia. A … Continue reading
The District of Kitimat Council Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, endorsed a campaign by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers asking for tax breaks of Liquified Natural Gas liquefaction facilities in the 2013 federal budget. A report to the Kitimat council … Continue reading
