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 news release from Apache announced "a broad agreement with Chevron Canada Limited to build and […]
PetroChina went on a multi-billion dollar natural gas buying spree Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, picking up shares in operations in both Canada and Australia. In Canada, Encana, one of the partners in the Kitimat LNG project, signed a joint venture arrangement with Phoenix Duvernay Gas, a wholly owned subsidiary of PetroChina, to explore and develop Encana's extensive […]
Apache is considering selling liquified natural gas shipped to Asia from Kitimat at North American prices, a industry-watching news site reports from an energy conference in Miami. Argus Media says that Apache and its partners in KM LNG, EOG and Encana are still finding little interest in the original idea of selling the LNG at […]
The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) is reporting that Apache has once again delayed its decision whether or not to go ahead with the Kitimat LNG project. So far there is no news release on the Apache site and no other media has matched the Wall Street Journal story. Analysts are blaming the decision on […]
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 […]
Updated with map, agreement details The Haisla Nation and the BC government have signed an agreement that will lead to a third liquified natural gas project near Kitimat. The "Haisla Framework Agreement" allows for the lease or sale of up to approximately 700 hectares of Crown land near the Douglas Channel, and for the foreshore […]
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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 […]
Apache said Tuesday, May 22, 2012, that it expects the first LNG cargo leave the Kitimat terminal for Asia sometime in 2016, with possible further expansion in the future. Patrick Cassidy, director of Apache's Investor relations division, was making a presentation to the UBS Global Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, on the company's […]
The Apache Corporation website has a posting for a construction manager for the Kitimat LNG project. The posting says the job will initially based in Houston, Texas, with the manager coming to Kitimat sometime in the future. The posting calls for the manager to provide an overall construction plan, co-ordinate and control the construction project […]