A four-year Canadian export license extension has been granted to a delayed but still active native project, Cedar LNG, which would be sited on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).

Cedar LNG

The Canada Energy Regulator reset the license deadline for starting deliveries to May 2030 after the liquefied natural gas terminal’s sponsors, Haisla Nation at Kitimat and Pembina Pipeline Corp., said they missed the first target of 2026 because of delays by other projects. The sponsors had requested the extension in April.

Cedar’s 25-year export license allows overseas sales volumes of up to 830 MMcf/d. The planned C$3 billion ($2.4 billion) first phase of the project calls for tanker shipments of 400 MMcf/d from a floating terminal.

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