British Columbia

Upstream natural gas and oil explorers in Canada are expected to increase their capital spending over 2023, but not by much, according to a top industry group. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) issued its latest survey of capital expenditures (capex) for the upstream sector in Canadian dollars (C$1.00/US74 cents).  Capex is forecast at…

Rival territorial claims have erupted into two new lawsuits that seek to limit or prevent project approvals in a Canadian hot spot for natural gas supplies, the Montney Shale in northern British Columbia (BC). Halfway River First Nation and Doig River First Nation filed the legal actions in Victoria and Vancouver trial courts. Both seek…

Enbridge Inc.’s chief executive touted the Canadian company’s efforts to further expand in the United States – on the Gulf Coast and elsewhere – as part of a bid to capitalize on expected long-term natural gas demand in North America and overseas. The Calgary, AB-based company, already a major force in Canadian and American energy,…

A two-year regulatory ordeal has ended in success for a US$262 million natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline system that would carry Montney Shale production in northeastern British Columbia (BC) to an Alberta hub. The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) recommended final approval of the 125-mile NEBC Connector, sponsored by NorthRiver Midstream. The dual-pipe connection with 91,000…

Entry into the global LNG trade has been granted to TC Energy Corp.’s supply collection grid, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), by a favorable decision on pipeline access to export terminals on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) approved an NGTL bargain toll for overseas sales of BC and…

Canada’s largest natural gas producer Tourmaline Oil Corp. has agreed to join Rockies LNG Partners, a group of explorers working to advance a 1.6 Bcf/d export project on the west coast of British Columbia (BC). The Ksi Lisims floating liquefied natural gas facility as proposed would be sited in the territory of the Nisga’a Nation…

The Alberta and British Columbia (BC) governments have set out to gain formal, international greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction credits for exporting LNG as a replacement for coal and oil in other countries. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith last week told attendees of the International Gas Union’s LNG2023 conference in Vancouver that she has begun talks with…

Kansas-based Black & Veatch has been awarded an engineering contract with the Ksi Lisims LNG export project proposed for the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). The assignment, in cooperation with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., covers front-end engineering and design (FEED) for the proposal to use a floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) plant…

Montney Shale drilling in northeastern British Columbia (BC) would keep flowing liquid byproducts of natural gas even if the Canadian Liberal government hits its net-zero emissions targets, according to the developer of a C$350 million ($262 million) pipeline project. “Canada’s natural gas production is expected to be increasingly weighted towards the B.C. Montney,” says a…