On August 1, 2025, Fluor Corporation, an Irving, TX-based global engineering firm, announced that its joint venture (JV) partnership with JGC Corporation, a Japan-based global engineering firm, was awarded a contract to update the Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for a proposed Phase 2 of the LNG Canada project in Kitimat, BC (image below). LNG Canada is a two train 14 MMtpa (million tonne per annum) LNG export plant operated as a JV between Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation, and KOGAS. The plant is in the process of increasing LNG production from Train 1 (see our Analyst Insight of July 23) with testing and commissioning of Train 2 expected before the end of this year. Fluor noted that the value of the contract was recognized but not disclosed in its most recent financial statements.
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Stir It Up - COVID-19 Slowing Progress on LNG Canada Project
When plans for LNG Canada, a big LNG export project on the British Columbia coast, were sanctioned two years ago this month, the move came as a welcome sign that Western Canadian natural gas producers might finally be able to break their long-standing reliance on just one export customer: the U.S. Access to Asian and other overseas gas markets became a high priority, in part because U.S. demand for Canadian gas had been sagging for years as production in the Marcellus/Utica and other U.S. plays came to meet the vast majority of domestic needs. But while construction on LNG Canada has steadily advanced, there are signs that delays could be mounting. Today, we begin a two-part update on this all-important Canadian LNG export project and its accompanying Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Keep This Party Going - An Update on Canada's West Coast LNG Export Projects
Developers have been kicking around plans for LNG exports from British Columbia (BC), Canada’s westernmost province, for more than a decade, with more than 20 projects on the drawing board at one point. That long list has been whittled down to just three that have reached the point of final investment decision (FID) — a hard plan to proceed to construction and startup. One of those projects, LNG Canada, should be sending out LNG as soon as the end of this year, placing Canada firmly on the map of LNG-exporting nations. In today’s RBN blog, we take a closer look at the three projects and hint at plans by a handful of contenders vying to join the LNG export party.
Thinking Out Loud - What Might Be the Timing and Scope of the Ramp Up of Gas into LNG Canada?
LNG Canada, under construction for nearly six years on Canada’s West Coast, is rapidly approaching the time when first gas will be entering the plant for testing and calibration of equipment, marking an important transformation for the Western Canadian natural gas market. This will kick off what will likely be about a yearlong testing process before officially entering commercial service in mid-2025. In today’s RBN blog, we consider daily gas flow data from the startup of similar-sized LNG plants on the U.S. Gulf Coast and develop a conjectural timeline for LNG Canada to help assess how much gas will flow to the site — and how soon — and when LNG exports might begin.
