Woodfibre LNG, the second Canadian liquefied natural gas project to enter construction, awarded a contract Tuesday for an all-electric export terminal on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).

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Siemens Energy Canada won the order with a design that would use power from provincial government-owned BC hydro dams to run all Woodfibre gas refrigeration to ship cargoes of up to 2.1 million metric tons/year, or 275 MMcf/d.

The terminal “will become the world’s lowest-emission LNG export facility,” according to Woodfibre LNG President Christine Kennedy. She indicated the C$1.6 billion ($1.3 billion) Woodfibre export project  is on track to hit a revised 2027 target for starting overseas deliveries.

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