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AltaGas DCLNG Files for Export License for Douglas Channel B.C. Project

AltaGas DCLNG General Partner Inc. (“AltaGas GP”) filed an application with the Canadian National Energy Board to export approximately 365 Bcf/year over 25 years from a proposed floating LNG terminal near Kitimat, British Columbia (B.C.).  The project is a partnership among AltaGas GP, AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership, a partnership between AltaGas Ltd. and Japanese...

IEA Report: No Operational B.C. LNG Export Projects Likely Within the Next 5 Years

The Financial Post reports that the International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a report forecasting that none of the LNG export terminal projects proposed for British Columbia will be operational within the next five years.  The report notes that none of the sponsors of the 19 or so proposed projects have yet to make a final investment decision (FID), and predicts that FID...

Petronas to Make Conditional FID on B.C. LNG Terminal Soon

The Globe and Mail reports that Malaysian state oil company Petronas, primary sponsor of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG export terminal in British Columbia (B.C.), expects to make a conditional final investment decision (FID) on the project within the next few weeks.  The article also identifies other hurdles that remain for the project to move forward, including obtaining...

DOE Authorizes Pieridae Energy to Export LNG to FTA Nations from Canada; Defers Non-FTA Request

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order granting Pieridae Energy (USA), LTD. (Pieridae) authority to export 292 Bcf/year of natural gas from the United States to Canada and, after liquefaction at Pieridae Energy (Canada) Ltd.’s proposed Goldboro LNG Project in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, to nations with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States.  DOE deferred...

Article Provides Update on ExxonMobil Canada and Imperial Oil Resources LNG Terminal Project

An article in The Northern View provides an update on the proposed WCC LNG Project Ltd. export terminal project, sponsored by ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. and Imperial Oil Resources Limited, at Tuck Inlet, Prince Rupert, British Columbia.  According to the report, starting in June, WCC LNG will hold working group meetings with First Nations stakeholders as part of the project’s...

LNG Limited Raises A$174 Million For Magnolia LNG and Bear Head LNG Projects

Liquefied Natural Gas Limited announced that it has raised A$174 million (before costs) to be applied to the commencement of an “Early Works” program at the proposed 8 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) Magnolia LNG export terminal at Lake Charles, La., and towards pipeline infrastructure development and front‐end engineering design for Bear Head LNG’s proposed 8 mtpa LNG export terminal...

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