Canada will deliver world’s cleanest LNG in 2025

VANCOUVER, July 10 – Cargoes from the 14mn tonnes/year LNG Canada liquefaction and export terminal on BC’s northern coast will be 50% less emissions intensive than the global average when they hit the market in 2025, the CEO of the consortium building the project said in an opening session at LNG2023 today.

In a leadership dialogue with Tim Egan, CEO of the Canadian Gas Association and host of the conference, LNG Canada CEO Jason Klein said cargoes from the project will be 50% less emissions intense than the global average, and 35% less than the best plants operating now.

That’s due to a number of factors in Canada’s favour, Klein said, including access to an abundant, low-cost and low carbon intensity gas supply in the Montney and abundant hydroelectricity to power not only upstream operations but much of the liquefaction opportunities now under development on Canada’s west coast.

“We are really able to lean on the resources of BC Hydro to provide clean electricity for all of our facilities,” Klein said. “We also benefit from the pinnacle of LNG design, and from a much cooler climate.”

Klein said the LNG Canada project is also paving the way for the next wave of Canadian LNG – an indigenous-led wave that includes the Cedar LNG project owned by Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline. It’s the first majority indigenous-owned industrial project in Canadian history, Haisla Nation chief councillor told Egan in a second Leadership Dialogue session.

“That project has immensely changed my community in the last five years,” she said. “We are talking about being at the table right from the beginning, actively participating in the project, and benefiting from revenue sharing that we are able to invest in revitalising our culture and our language.”