Coastal Gaslink

TC Energy Corp. is again facing “significant cost pressures” for the 2.1 Bcf/d Coastal GasLink pipeline being built to feed Shell plc’s LNG Canada export project in British Columbia.

A native ownership offer has been accepted by most of the tribes holding cooperation and benefits agreements with Coastal GasLink (CGL), a natural gas pipeline that TC Energy Corp. is building to supply the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal underway in British Columbia (BC). Sixteen of 20 tribes came to terms for the system,…

A lingering protest at a TC Energy Corp. Coastal GasLink (CGL) project construction site in northern British Columbia (BC) boiled over into a pre-dawn assault Thursday, damaging equipment, endangering workers and injuring an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). “Our investigators will work tirelessly to identify the culprits and hold them accountable for…

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) deployed Thursday to rescue about 500 pipeline construction workers who had been trapped since Sunday by native protest blockades against TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) project in northern British Columbia (BC). Reinforced RCMP squads established an access control point and stepped up patrols to clear protesters and barricades…

After inconclusive territory negotiations and an unsuccessful protest lawsuit, native opponents have revived blockades against construction of TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline across northern British Columbia (BC). BC Solicitor General Mike Farnworth called the resistance a hazard that violates a court order against interference with the project. He urged all concerned to end…

The Covid-19 pandemic has inflicted increased construction costs and delay on Coastal GasLink, the conduit designed to supply the Royal Dutch Shell plc-led liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project underway in British Columbia (BC), according to TC Energy Corp. “We expect project costs will increase significantly and the schedule will be delayed,” TC management said…

Despite protest blockades and the Covid-19 pandemic, work is nearly one-third finished on the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project across northern British Columbia (BC) for the LNG Canada export terminal on the Pacific coast, according to TC Energy Corp. The C$6.6 billion ($5 billion) BC pipeline project is 31% finished, TC Energy said. The completion…

Native pipeline opponents vowed this week to keep fighting TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink project across northern British Columbia (BC) despite a permanent court injunction and police enforcement order granted Dec. 31 against interference with construction.

New pipeline construction contracts for northern native-owned firms have accelerated preparations for a quick start on building a long-awaited liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Pacific coast of British Columbia (BC).