Tag: Liquefied natural gas

Iran war means LNG Canada increasing production: Energy media

Energy media organizations, mostly based in Houston, Texas, report that LNG Canada is working to increase production as the war with Iran strangles international energy shipping. The information is based on figures from the financial analysts including LSEG  which provides of financial markets infrastructure and delivers financial data, analytics, news and index products to 44,000+ […]

Jeffery Epstein’s bank tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat, Justice Dept. files reveal

In 2011, J. P. Morgan Chase, Jeffery Epstein’s bank, tipped him and others about future LNG development in Kitimat,  US Justice Dept files reveal. The Justice Department’s wide ranging release of files on convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein has yielded a surprising footnote, the first hints of liquefied natural gas development in Kitimat. Epstein was […]

Shell, Mitsubishi seeking buyers for stake in LNG Canada: Energy media reports

The energy media, including Reuters  and Upstream Online  are reporting that both Shell and Mitsubishi are looking to possibly sell off significant portions of their stake in LNG Canada. Petronas, another of the partners in LNG Canada, has already sold off 20 per cent of its stake in the project to a liquified natural gas […]

Revival of Northwest Coast Energy News

With today's announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Canadian federal government and the government of Alberta, dicussions which excluded British Columbia and projects a new bitumen pipeline across northwest British Columbia, I am reviving Northwest Coast Energy News on a limited basis. I do not intend to do daily coverage as I did […]

Don’t expect a Final Investment Decision on LNG until (or if) Brexit is resolved

Analysis Monday's decision by LNG Canada to postpone the all-important Final Investment Decision for the Kitimat liguified natural gas project came as a momentary shock—but no real surprise. After the Brexit vote, you could see the hold button blinking from across the Atlantic. Andy Calitz CEO of LNG Canada and a long time, experienced, executive […]

LNG Canada postpones Final Investment Decision

LNG Canada has postponed the Final Investment Decision on the Kitimat project citing the "impact of global industry challenges."  The latest estimates said that the project would cost $40 billion. The news release says that despite strong community support and regulatory approval,  what LNG Canada called "the context of global industry challenges, including capital constraints" […]

LNG Canada Kitimat project receives BC facility permit

The Shell-led LNG Canada project in Kitimat has received a facility permit from the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission (OGC), the company said Tuesday. A news release from LNG Canada says the permit is  one of the key permits required for the construction and operation of the proposed LNG Canada project. LNG Canada is the […]

Haisla chief counsellor Ellis Ross on the dilemma of climate change and development

Haisla Nation Chief Counsellor spoke at Mt. Elizabeth Theatre on June 9, 2015, introducing David Suzuki who was on a speaking tour. This is a lightly edited report on his remarks that outline some of the dilemmas facing the Haisla and the Kitimat valley in an age that needs development but faces climate change. Good […]

Petronas and partners announce conditional Final Investment Decision for Lelu Island subject to environmental assessment

In a news release this afternoon, Pacific Northwest LNG announced that the company has given a positive, but conditional, Final Investment Decision, to build an LNG facility on the environmentally sensitive Lelu Island at Port Edward. BC. Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNW LNG) announced today that the required technical and commercial components of the project have […]