Woodfibre

Pacific Energy Corp. Ltd.’s Woodfibre LNG project in Western Canada is fully subscribed after the latest agreement with BP plc, according to the company. BP has inked a third sales and purchase agreement for 15 years of offtake on a free-on-board basis from the export project in British Columbia, covering a combined 1.95 million metric…

Famously curious seals and sea lions will be able to inspect construction of the Woodfibre LNG export terminal under construction in British Columbia (BC) without forcing work to stop as a result of a regulation change. The BC Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) has relaxed a noise restriction on the plant site near Vancouver that was…

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…

Enbridge Inc. is advancing multiple expansion projects on its vast North American natural gas network ahead of expected growth in LNG and pipeline exports from the continent. During a call to discuss first quarter earnings, CEO Greg Ebel highlighted the recently announced acquisition of a 93.8% controlling interest in the Aitken Creek natural gas storage…

After more than a decade-long surge in activity, Canada has fallen behind in the North American LNG export race despite a bevy of proposed projects, but with the winds of a global energy crisis at their backs, some facilities are now moving forward or even nearing completion. Since 2011, 24 liquefied natural gas export and…

Natural gas transportation from the Montney Shale is topping Enbridge Inc.’s pipeline agenda in northern British Columbia (BC) where a slate of projects on the Westcoast Energy system could add capacity for 800 MMcf/d  After shippers over-subscribed an open season for transport service, Enbridge plans to proceed on a 300 MMcf/d addition to the southern…

As the role of LNG exports looms larger, Enbridge Inc. agreed to invest in a potential Canadian project and continue to pair its extensive natural gas networks with terminal projects. Calgary-based Enbridge increased its market share of natural gas transportation to cover 20% of the volumes exported from North America. CEO Al Monaco said the…

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). 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…

After weathering delays from the Covid-19 pandemic, construction preparations are starting for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia (BC) developed by Woodfibre LNG Ltd.  The Vancouver-based unit of Pacific Energy Corp Ltd. reported it has given the project’s contractor McDermott International Ltd. a limited notice to proceed on…