Port Edward LNG Ltd. President Chris Hilliard, who is leading development of a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility on the west coast of Canada, believes the project has unique advantages to become one of the country’s first LNG export terminals.

Hilliard said the 300,000 metric tons/year project could be in service by 2024. Considering development started in 2020, that would be a lightning timeline. However, the project is fully permitted by the British Columbia (BC) Utilities Commission and BC Oil and Gas Commission. It would also be supplied by the Pacific Northern Gas pipeline and electrified by nearby hydropower, leaving little infrastructure to be built.

Canada’s oil and gas industry has struggled to get LNG export projects off the ground in the face of...