Black & Veatch wins FEED for Canadian LNG project

Black & Veatch said July 10 it had been awarded a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project in northern BC.

Black & Veatch will collaborate with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea on FEED for the 12mn tonnes/year nearshore floating LNG project, which is proceeding through a joint provincial/federal environmental review process.

Eva Clayton, president of the Nisga’a Lisims government, said the Ksi Lisims LNG project “will be the heartbeat of our Nation’s economy. It’s our best chance to build prosperity and a positive future for our people. After nearly 10 years of planning work, we’re thrilled to see the project advance into FEED.”

Ksi Lisims LNG represents the next generation of LNG export design, re-inventing the industry for environmentally sensitive and greenhouse-gas constrained development situations.

Developed jointly by Western LNG, the Nisga’a Nation and Rockies LNG, the project will be one of the most significant indigenous-led infrastructure projects in Canadian history. Nisga’a Nation will host the project on its wholly-owned treaty land.

The project will use a floating LNG design that improves the project economics, minimises land impacts and reduces construction-related risk. With commercial operations anticipated to begin in 2028, Ksi Lisims LNG will be designed to produce up to 12mn tonnes/year of LNG.

Once completed, Ksi Lisims LNG will have among the world’s lowest unit carbon emissions rates of any large-scale LNG export projects globally, with greenhouse gas emissions 90% lower than conventional LNG facilities. The project expects to be net zero by 2030 by implementing a credible offset management plan.

“The opportunity to work on this game-changing LNG facility is attracting the best and brightest team in the LNG field,” said Charlotte Raggett, CEO of Rockies LNG. “Canada is stepping up to offer the world’s most reliable, low-risk and low-emission natural gas.”