At the District of Kitimat Council meeting on Monday, October 1, as part of Mayor Joanne Monaghan's regular "good news" briefing, she told council that the Kitimat LNG project continues to "progress positively." The news from Calgary on Tuesday, however, was not as promising. Both Bloomberg News and the Calgary Herald reported that Apache, which […]
Spectra Energy Corp of Houston, Texas, today announced that the company has signed a Project Development Agreement with BG Group PLC, based in the United Kingdom, to jointly develop plans for a natural gas transportation system from northeast B.C. to serve BG Group’s potential liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Prince Rupert. The BG […]
Enbridge is striking back against the First Nations and intervenors who oppose the Northern Gateway pipeline and marine terminal projects by filing questions that those groups must answer as part of the Joint Review Process. On May 11, 2012, Enbridge filed questions with 24 organizations, and from the questions, it appears that Enbridge isn't just […]
Shell Canada and its Asian partners have chosen TransCanada Corporation to design, build, own and operate the proposed natural gas pipline to Kitimat, now called the Coastal GasLink project. The estimated $4-billion pipeline will transport natural gas from the Montney gas-producing region near Dawson Creek, in northeastern British Columbia to the proposed natural gas export […]
A couple from Vancouver, who refused to give their names, unfurl an anti-Pacific Trails Pipeline banner at the British Columbia legislature in Victoria, Sunday, April 15, 2012. The man said he against all pipelines and that he was supporting the Wet'suwet'en First Nation. About 1,000 people marched through downtown Victoria to oppose the Enbridge Northern […]
Pacific Trails, which has proposed to build a natural gas pipeline from Summit Lake, near Prince George, to Kitimat, held four community meetings in Vanderhoof, Burns Lake, Houston and Terrace, to discuss changes to a plan for the pipeline that was approved the BC Environmental Assessment Office in 2008. Paul Wyke, a spokesman for Apache […]
Another pipeline debate is about to open in the northwest. This time for changes to the Pacific Trails (natural gas) Pipeline, that will run from Summit Lake, just outside Prince George, to Kitimat. Public information meetings will be held in Terrace, Houston, Burns Lake and Vanderhoof in the next couple of weeks. The PTP runs […]