Canada

TC Energy Corp. has again revised upward the expected cost of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) natural gas pipeline in Western Canada, citing challenges on multiple fronts. TC now expects the project to cost C$14.5 ($10.9 billion), up from C$11.2 billion ($8.4 billion) forecast in its third quarter 2022 earnings report. “The project continues to face…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. NGI senior editors Andrew Baker and Kevin Dobbs discuss the outlook for North American natural gas prices in 2023. They address factors including a mild weather start to the year, robust U.S. production, the Freeport LNG outage and the potential for future…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. NGI senior editors Andrew Baker and Kevin Dobbs discuss the outlook for North American natural gas prices in 2023. They address factors including a mild weather start to the year, robust U.S. production, the Freeport LNG outage and the potential for future…

FortisBC Holdings Inc. has reached an agreement with the Snuneymuxw First Nation community “to work in close collaboration” on planned expansions of the Tilbury LNG facility in Delta, British Columbia (BC). In operation since 1971, the liquefied natural gas facility added 0.25 mmty (33 MMcf/d) of liquefaction capacity and a 46,000 cubic meter (1 Bcf)…

With gains in natural gas-directed drilling countered by declines in the oil patch, the U.S. rig count finished unchanged overall at 771 for the week ended Friday (Jan. 27), according to the latest numbers from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Domestic changes for the period included an increase of four natural gas-directed rigs and a decline…

British Columbia (BC) and Blueberry River First Nations struck a historic agreement this week to  partner on resource stewardship that among other things could limit new oil and natural gas development, as well as revamp future energy activities. The agreement would ensure “Blueberry River members can meaningfully exercise their Treaty 8 rights, and provide stability…

The Alberta oil and natural gas industry entered 2023 with plans to use carbon capture and storage (CCS) to score an 18-fold jump in discarding greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from production, according to the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The CER disclosed commitments to increase CCS disposal to 56 million tons (Mt) per year by seven…

Toronto-based Superior Plus Corp. clinched a definitive agreement with Certarus Ltd. to acquire the compressed natural gas (CNG), renewable natural gas (RNG) and hydrogen distributor in a C$1.05 billion ($776.9 million) deal.  After kicking off the year with an announcement that it may offer hydrogen to its commercial and industrial propane customers in Quebec, Superior…

The native-led Ksi Lisims LNG project has cleared an initial regulatory hurdle by obtaining a 40-year natural gas export license for its planned terminal near Prince Rupert on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC). The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) granted the approval for overseas sales of up to 2 Bcf/d to the Ksi…