LNG Partners LLC, of Houston, one of the backers of Douglas Channel Energy, the BC LNG Douglas Channel Project, a partnership between LNG firms and the Haisla Nation, has signed a preliminary deal with Golar LNG for two tankers. Golar LNG, which describes itself on its website as “one of the world’s largest independent owners […]
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 […]
Energy Alberta Oil magazine says in A window of opportunity opens in Japan for Canadian LNG Nuclear outages in Japan continue to stoke demand for delivering Canadian gas to the Far East. Look for oil- and natural gas-fired generation to offset a precipitous drop in atomic capacity as maintenance work at plants, combined with public […]
Energy Links Alberta OilThe clock is ticking on West Coast LNG shipments Nuclear outages in Japan stoke Canadian export plans The uptick in LNG consumption is potentially good news for a suite of liquefaction plants taking shape on the northwest coast of British Columbia. Japan is one of several potential sales targets for the Apache […]
Detail of a map filed by Enbridge Northern Gateway with the Joint Review Panel showing the foot print of the proposed bitumen terminal and the LNG terminal. The proposed BC LNG terminal would add a third terminal at North Cove (green text on this map) A recent filing by the Enbridge Northern Gateway project with […]
Energy The Hart Energy E&P (exploration and production) newsletter is reporting that an Overland, Kansas based company, Black & Veatch, a multi-billion dollar, employee-owned engineering firm founded in 1915, is beginning front end engineering (FEED) for the second proposed Kitimat liquified natural gas facility, BC LNG. Although no information appears on the Black & Veatch […]
Energy The National Energy Board has announced it will hold hearings on the second proposed liquified natural gas project, saying, the hearings will "consider an application submitted by BC LNG Export Co-operative LLC (BC LNG) for a 20-year licence to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Canada to Pacific Rim markets." Once again under the NEB's rules […]
The outlook for Pacific Northern Gas issued by Canada's Dominion Bond Rating Service on Friday not only gives an indication of the financial health of the company, it also gives a window into what the financial markets think of the prospects for Kitimat and the region, DBRS gave Pacific Northern Gas "Secured Debentures and Cumulative […]