Canada’s largest natural gas producer – Tourmaline Oil – has joined the Rockies LNG Partnership.
Rockies LNG Partnership is a group of industry players in the Ksi Lisims LNG project, along with the Nisga’a First Nation and Houston-based Western LNG and is a coalition of nine Alberta natural gas producers.
Tourmaline is a major player in British Columbia. and Alberta.
This move will assist in moving the Ksi Lisims LNG project forward, according to its second quarter earnings release.
Tourmaline also said that it will continue to expand the size and breadth of its LNG business, both short and long term.
Rockies LNG confirmed that Tourmaline and two other producers joined the partnership this year, including Ovintiv and Crescent Point Energy.
In total, the nine Rockies LNG Partnership members produce 5.6 bill cu ft per day of natural gas, which amounts to one-third of Canada’s natural gas production.
Ksi Lisims is still being evaluated by the BC Environmental Assessment Office review process.
