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An estimated 38 Tcf of shale gas reserves in northern British Columbia (BC) will be connected to markets under a pipeline approval handed down Friday by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB).

The Canadian government granted a hotly contested environmental approval Tuesday to a consortium led by Malaysia’s Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) to break into global liquefied natural gas (LNG) markets with unconventional production from British Columbia (BC).

A construction permit extension granted Thursday by the National Energy Board (NEB) recognizes that the Asian entry in the lineup to start Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports could delay an investment decision until mid-2017.

The planned Bear Head LNG project on the Strait of Canso in Nova Scotia has received final National Energy Board (NEB) approval to import U.S. natural gas and export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the terminal. The NEB approval was previously issued in August 2015 (see Daily GPI,Aug. 17, 2015) but was subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, which was received Thursday, said Bear Head LNG Corp., a unit of Australia’s Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd. Bear Head LNG has approval from the U.S. Department of Energy to export U.S.-sourced natural gas to nations with and without free trade agreements with the United States.

While acknowledging that the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market is hurting, the Canadian-based backers of the proposed $7.5 billion Jordan Cove LNG export project along the south-central Oregon coast said Thursday their project continues to move ahead as it awaits a final FERC approval.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Dominion Cove Point LNG LP final authorization to export liquefied domestic natural gas to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries. The approval comes on the heels of a FERC denial of a request for rehearing of the Commission’s prior facility approval of the East Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has granted Dominion Cove Point LNG LP final authorization to export liquefied domestic natural gas to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries. The approval comes on the heels of a FERC denial of a request for rehearing of the Commission’s prior facility approval of the East Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.

A top Cheniere Energy Inc. executive said Thursday that construction of two trains at the company’s Sabine Pass liquefaction and export terminal in Louisiana is about 65% complete, putting the project on track to fulfill some of its obligations with overseas customers by late 2015.

Two controversial proposals for the robust Bakken oil patch in North Dakota came to an end Monday with more of a whimper than a bang, according to the three-member Industrial Commission.