LNG

Fluor Corp. of US and Japan’s JGC Corp. of Japan have completed the final weld on first liquefaction Train at the LNG Canada joint venture at Kitimat on the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia.

Malaysian state energy company Petronas said the company was expanding its LNG fleet by three vessels to handle cargoes from the LNG Canada export project in British Colombia where Petronas is a shareholder.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Canadian natural gas and energy transportation and terminals company, and its Cedar floating LNG partner, the Haisla First Nation of British Columbia, have reached a positive investment decision and will proceed with the near-shore FLNG project on Haisla traditional territory on the Douglas Channel near Kitimat.

TC Energy Corp., the North American pipeline operator already supplying two LNG projects with feed-gas near Kitimat in British Columbia via the Coastal GasLink, has linked up with another First Nation-backed LNG project near Prince Rupert in BC with a potential feed-gas pipeline sale deal.

Pembina Pipeline Corp., the leading Canadian energy pipeline and midstream company with a network of gas gathering, processing and energy export terminals in North America has given a business update including spending plans and a final investment decision date for the planned Cedar LNG project in British Columbia.

Nov 3 (LNGJ) - Pembina Pipeline Corp. of Canada, a shareholder in the Cedar liquefied natural gas production project near Kitimat in British Columbia, reported C$346 million (US$251M) of third-quarter net income versus C$1.83 billion in the same three months of 2022 because of a previous one-off gain from gas processing assets. Quarterly revenues declined to C$2.29Bln from $2.78Bln in the same quarter last year.

   Pembina has formed a partnership with the Haisla First Nation to develop the Cedar LNG project with 3 million tonnes per annum of capacity. The company said that Cedar LNG would provide a “valuable outlet” for Western Canada’s natural gas to global markets. “Cedar LNG continues to progress key project deliverables, having secured the major regulatory approvals and signed non-binding memoranda of understanding for long-term liquefaction services with investment grade counterparties for the project’s total base liquefaction capacity,” Pembina stated in its earnings.

China’s Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC), a unit of state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), said a vessel was enroute from Qingdao port in Shandong province to British Columbia carrying the final two modules for the LNG Canada joint venture.

Feb 24 (LNGJ) - Pembina Pipeline Corp., the Calgary-based North American pipelines and terminals operator, said in its latest earnings statement that it planned to advance the development of two “transformational projects” in Canada, the Cedar LNG project and the Alberta Carbon Grid and expected a regulatory decision soon on the Cedar joint venture.

   Pembina has formed a partnership with the Haisla First Nation to develop the Cedar LNG project on the Douglas Channel of British Columbia. “Given Cedar LNG will be a floating facility, manufactured in the controlled conditions of a shipyard, it is expected that the project will have lower construction and execution risk,” stated Pembina. The company added that the Environmental Assessment was likely to be decided on by BC Ministers as well as the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change in the first quarter of 2023.

A First Nation-led liquefied natural gas export project proposed for near the port of Prince Rupert on the northern Pacific coast of British Columbia has been awarded a 40-year natural gas export licence.

Kitamaat Technical Services Group (KTSG), a joint venture including the native North American Haisla First Nation and the resources of three leading industrial service companies, will be seeking to secure contracts and work in LNG projects in the western Canadian province of British Columbia.

KTSG was established by ServcoCanada, Novus Technical Services (Novus) and Well Services Group (WSG) to bring their combined expertise to emerging LNG projects in BC.

“A central tenet of KTSG is to work closely with the Kitimat community and in particular the Haisla Nation, who have occupied lands centred around Kitamaat Village for more than 9,000 years,” said KTSG.

KTSG said it was already supporting the Haisla Nation’s economic infrastructure by providing training for potential LNG supply chain jobs and would assist start-up businesses directly related to services required for contracts secured by the partnership.

Various projects

There are currently at least four LNG export projects under development in BC including LNG Canada led by Shell and the Cedar FLNG project pairing the Haisla First Nation with Calgary, Alberta-based Pembina Pipeline for the Douglas Channel project.

The Nisga’a people are behind a third project, the Ksi Lisims venture near Prince Rupert in BC in partnership with Rockies LNG Ltd and Western LNG LLC.

“The aim is to be the leading energy services organisation in BC with strong international LNG experience, supported by a balance sheet allowing major contracting opportunities to be undertaken which directly benefit the economy of North-Western British Columbia, local First Nations and the wider community,” KTSG explained.

The KTSG contracts and work venture will benefit from the experience of companies like ServcoCanada, already a well-established Kitimat-based business with a 30-year pedigree of providing electrical and instrumentation, mechanical, piping and structural and facility shutdown and maintenance services across Canada and the US.

Infrastructure

Novus is an international provider to the energy and infrastructure sectors which employs more than 10,000 staff in Canada, US, Europe, Middle East, the Caspian and China working on behalf of some of the world’s largest operators.

WSG is a process, pipeline and industrial services specialist and the leading provider of UK and European refinery and LNG terminal services with extensive experience in the Australian LNG market.

KTSG said it was actively bidding for a range of pre-commissioning, commissioning and operations and maintenance contracts on the LNG Canada project under construction at Kitimat and which when completed will export an estimated 14 million tonnes of LNG per annum.

“The LNGC project will transform Canada’s energy producing capabilities and be a major contributor to the local and national economy,” said John Gordon, a spokesman for KTSG and President and Chief Executive of ServcoCanada.

“We believe the combined resources, expertise and successful track records of KTSG’s three partner companies can play an important role in the success of this ambitious development,” explained Gordon.

“From the outset we understood the importance of working with the Haisla Nation, and that creating employment opportunities and supporting indigenous entrepreneurs who could play a role in the supply chain, was just as important as any financial benefits which may accrue,” he stated.

“We are delighted that the Haisla Nation are partners and shareholders in KTSG and we look forward to learning from their vast local knowledge and working together to create sustainable long-term opportunities for their people,” Gordon added.

A fourth LNG plant is being built further south in BC called the Woodfibre project and run by Asia’s Pacific Energy Corp.

The Woodfibre facility is being constructed about seven kilometres from the town of Squamish and 70km north of Vancouver on the brownfield site of a former mill.

This project is giving hiring priority to qualified Squamish First Nation members first, then Squamish residents followed by people from the rest of BC and Canada.