The Kitimat environmental group Douglas Channel Watch has soft launched a new website. It can be found at douglaschannelwatch.ca. At the moment the site redirects to the web designer site, as that company continues to build the site. Full operation of the website is expected to begin in the next few days. Douglas Channel Watch […]
Tag: Chevron
Studies on the Clio Bay reclamation project have been postponed until the fall while the new prime contractor takes over the Kitimat LNG project. A spokesperson for Chevron said at the Kitimat LNG open house on Wednesday now that Irving , Texas-based Fluor Corp, in partnership with a joint-venture partner, Japan’s JGC Corp. has won […]
The list of participants in the oil spill preparedness and response study released last week by the federal government shows two glaring no shows, the District of Kitimat and Rio Tinto Alcan. The Haisla Nation and the Gitga'at Nation did provide written submissions to the panel. The expert panel was set up by the federal […]
Sinopec in talks to buy into Kitimat LNG Wall Street Journal says
November 26, 2013
The Wall Street Journal is quoting sources that Sinopec, China's largest petroleum refining company, "is in early talks with U.S.-based oil-and-gas producer Apache to buy a minority stake in a liquefied natural gas project on Canada's Pacific coast." And since Apache is a partner with Chevron in KM LNG, that means the project commonly known […]
At least one of the two large liquified natural gas projects in Kitimat is, at least at this point, planning to self-generate the power required using a gas-fired, steam-driven electrical generation system. A job ad posted this weekend by the headhunting firm Fircroft is seeking a Lead Project Engineer, Power Plant for “Our client, a […]
A job for a "construction area superintendent" for both the Kitimat LNG plant and the Clio Bay restoration appeared on job sites in the world wide web on October 1. The posting expires on December 31. The job was originally posted by Brunel Energy, a consulting firm that describes itself as a company that "provides […]
Chevron posts senior LNG jobs at Kitimat
September 30, 2013
Chevron posted a series of senior LNG jobs at Kitimat on its job website on Monday. The jobs include: Senior Operations Advisor LNG Trains, Pre-treatment - Kitimat LNG Senior Operations Advisor Utility - MOF, Tanks, Jetty - Kitimat LNG Rotating Equipment Specialist - Kitimat LNG Operations Representative Liquefaction - Kitimat LNG Operations Representative Utilities - […]
Special report: Clio Bay cleanup: Controversial, complicated and costly Haisla First Nation Chief Counsellor Ellis Ross says the Haisla made the proposal to the KM LNG project, a partnership of Chevron and Apache, to use the marine clay to cover the thousands of logs at the bottom of Clio Bay after years frustration with the Department […]
Clio Bay: Dead or alive?
September 29, 2013
Special report: Clio Bay cleanup: Controversial, complicated and costly Updated October 3, 2013, with DFO statement One of the major concerns about Clio Bay is the possible lack of oxygen to support sealife. While some people have called Clio Bay “dead,” others have pointed to catches of crab, cod and salmon to dispute that. The experience […]
Clio Bay: Chevron statement
September 29, 2013
Special report: Clio Bay cleanup: Controversial, complicated and costly Here is the text of a statement Chevron spokesperson Gillian Robinson Riddell sent to Northwest Coast Energy News The Clio Bay Restoration Project proposed by Chevron, is planned to get underway sometime in early 2014. The proposal is fully supported by the Federal Department of Fisheries and […]