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Pipelines pose problem for Canada’s west coast LNG exports

The only two projects to have taken FID so far are still not on easy street

Two LNG export projects have now achieved FID in Canada, both on the coast of British Columbia (BC). Woodfibre LNG announced its own form of an FID for its C$1.6-1.8bn ($1.23-1.39bn) floating project near Squamish in mid-April, while the C$18bn land-based LNG Canada project at Kitimat was sanctioned by its partners in 2018. The two projects are making good progress after delays related at least partly to Covid-19, with the Shell-led LNG Canada project nearing peak construction and Woodfibre LNG in a preconstruction phase. However, both projects have potential problems related to construction of their feedgas pipelines. “We have made excellent progress this year across all project work scopes

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