Blog: B.C. LNG faces tough competition
A federal minister, speaking at the world LNG2023 conference about LNG exports, said that “Canada must keep pace because we cannot afford to fall behind.” But as Randy Boissonnault, Canada’s tourism minister and associate minister of finance, spoke in Vancouver, there came word of even more competition for Canada’s exports of LNG from the West…
Blog: ‘Canadian LNG is Indigenous’
We’re most happy to have posted this week, during the world LNG2023 conference in Vancouver, a special look at LNG: “Canadian LNG is Indigenous. Indigenous values are powering Canada’s low-carbon LNG opportunity.” A new page at https://indigenouslng.ca/ pointed out how Indigenous-supported LNG from Canada offers clear solutions for the world’s energy trilemma, how it means…
Blog: Canada seen as No. 5 in world for LNG
A little while ago, we noted that the U.S. had seven operating LNG-for-export plants, and three more under construction. Now make that four more under construction. And the latest word is a further three have been approved, or soon will be, by investors. Indeed, nearly $30 billion in FIDs (Final Investment Decisions) is expected in…
Blog: Green lights seen for Cedar LNG
There are things still to be tied up, but the outlook is good for a go-ahead decision to come in fall on the Haisla Nation’s Cedar LNG project in B.C. The Haislas’ partner, Pembina Pipeline, says: “Everything is full speed and we’re targeting the end of September. . . . The four current work streams…
Karen Ogen: LNG in the energy future
The latest “science” on LNG from the David Suzuki Foundation offers a classic example of cherry-picking. A simple definition of cherry-picking: “The act of pointing to individual cases or data that seem to confirm a particular position while ignoring a significant portion of related and similar cases or data that may contradict that position.” That the…
