Risks of delays in British Columbia (BC) have prompted the most advanced native Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, Cedar LNG, to request a four-year export license extension.

The Cedar LNG partnership of Haisla First Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corp. has asked the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) to reset the license deadline to May 2030 for starting shipments from the planned terminal on the northern BC coast at Kitimat.

“The anticipated in-service date remains subject to a number of risks and potential delays,” Cedar developers said in the application. The project sponsors cited a long list of potential pitfalls.

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