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.
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In the late 2000s, it seemed all too easy to trip over a new Canadian LNG export project. At one point in 2012, there were as many as 21 projects being proposed or in the early stages of development, which — had all of them been built — would have summed to more than 40 Bcf/d, or almost three times Western Canada’s natural gas production at the time (see More Than a Feeling? and Slip Sliding Away).
Needless to say, more than a decade and a half later, nearly all these projects have fallen by the wayside, victims of regulatory paralysis, lack of investor interest, environmental opposition, inability to lock in gas reserves and a parallel delivery pipeline, or some combination of these. However, a few projects pushed on through the years, boosted by the attraction of having direct access across the Pacific Ocean to the LNG-hungry markets of Asia (i.e., no Panama Canal delays) and the proximity to the immense unconventional gas reserves of the celebrated Montney formation that spans parts of northeastern BC and western Alberta (see Figure 1 below).
Figure 1. Canada’s West Coast LNG Projects. Source: RBN
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About the song
The music for “Keep This Party Going” was written by Keith Strickland and the lyrics by Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson. The song appears as the 11th tune on the B-52s’ seventh studio album, Funplex. The song celebrates having fun and partying, with an outro section that name-drops many cities, guaranteeing that concert fans will go nuts when the city the band is playing in is mentioned. Personnel on the record were: Fred Schneider (vocals, cowbell), Kate Pierson (vocals), Cindy Wilson (vocals), Keith Strickland (guitars, programming), Tracy Wormworth (bass), Sterling Campbell (drums), and Pete Davis (keyboards, programming).
Funplex was recorded between September 2006 and November 2007 and produced by Steve Osborne. Released in March 2008, the album went to #11 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart. It was the band’s first studio album of new material since Good Stuff, released in 1992. Three different covers were offered on the Funplex CD in the Digipak format, and some autographed copies were offered at Newbury Comics and FYE stores. Target offered limited quantities of a double CD of the album, including a disc of a live concert at the Roxy in Los Angeles. Two singles were released from the LP.
The B-52s are an American new wave dance band formed in Athens, GA, in 1976 by Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy Wilson, Ricky Wilson and Keith Strickland. After guitarist Ricky Wilson's death in October 1985, drummer Keith Strickland switched to guitar duties in the band. The band combined 1950s and ’60s pop and rock with dance beats and a fascination for low-brow art and trash culture. They have released seven studio albums, six compilation albums, three live albums, one EP and 27 singles. The B-52s finished their final tour in January 2023, After that, they started a series of residencies at the Venetian Las Vegas in Paradise, NV.
