Canadian Energy Board Grants Bear Head LNG Import and Export License
Posted on Aug 14, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Canadian Energy Board Grants Bear Head LNG Import and Export License
The Canadian National Energy Board has granted Bear Head LNG, a subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, 25-year licenses to import up to 503 Bcf/year of natural gas from the United States to Canada via the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline and to export up to 685.9 Bcf/year of LNG from Bear Head LNG’s proposed terminal in Richmond County near Point Tupper, Nova Scotia. The...
Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Posted on Aug 12, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Environmental, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Environmental Review of Woodfibre LNG’s Proposed B.C. Terminal Resumes
Woodfibre LNG announced that the British Columbia (B.C.) Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has granted Woodfibre LNG’s request to resume the EAO’s environmental assessment process for Woodfibre LNG’s proposed LNG export terminal near Squamish, B.C. The review process had been paused to permit Woodfibre LNG to address environmental concerns with the terminal raised by the Squamish...
Orca LNG Ltd. Receives Canadian LNG Export License
Posted on Jul 30, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Orca LNG Ltd. Receives Canadian LNG Export License
The Canadian National Energy Board has approved Orca LNG Ltd.’s application to export 1,344 Bcf/year of LNG per year over a 25-year term from its proposed natural gas liquefaction and LNG export terminal to be located in the vicinity of Prince Rupert, British Columbia. ...
B.C. Passes Legislation Allowing LNG Project Agreements
Posted on Jul 22, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Liquefaction, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition, Policy, Legislation and Politics | Comments Off on B.C. Passes Legislation Allowing LNG Project Agreements
Yesterday, the British Columbia (B.C.) legislature passed Bill 30, the Liquefied Natural Gas Project Agreements Act, which provides legislative authority for the B.C. government to enter into LNG project agreements. The act has also received Royal Assent. Bill 30 allows for the ratification of B.C.’s first LNG project agreement with Pacific NorthWest LNG (PNWLNG) for the development...
Bear Head LNG Receives DOE Approval to Export LNG from Canada to FTA Countries
Posted on Jul 20, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, Federal Regulation, Liquefaction, LNG Exports | Comments Off on Bear Head LNG Receives DOE Approval to Export LNG from Canada to FTA Countries
Bear Head LNG announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Bear Head LNG Corporation and Bear Head LNG (USA), LLC authorization (1) to export up to 440 Bcf/year of U.S. natural gas to supply Bear Head LNG’s proposed liquefaction and LNG export terminal on the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, and (2) to export up to eight million tonnes per year of LNG from the proposed...
Access to LNG Export Market “Vital” to Canadian Gas Producers
Posted on Jul 16, 2015 in Canada & Mexico, LNG Exports, Markets and Competition | Comments Off on Access to LNG Export Market “Vital” to Canadian Gas Producers
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has released a report concluding that Canadian gas producers must have access to global LNG markets to avoid a decade of decline in natural gas production. According to the press release, “U.S. natural gas supplies are displacing western Canadian gas in the traditional markets of Central Canada, the U.S. Midwest and U.S. Northeast” and,...