Summary
- Feed natural gas will come from Apache's and EOG Resource’s fields in British Columbia and Alberta
- Approximately 19 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of combined marketable / technically recoverable natural gas resources
- Initial plant capacity of 5 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa) liquefied natural gas (LNG) output
- Potential LNG capacity expansion to 10 mmtpa or more
- Designated industrial area location
- Design based on proven liquefaction technology
- Lower greenhouse gas emissions through the use of hydroelectric power
- Natural deepwater, ice-free harbor; no dredging or breakwater required
- Close proximity to Asia Pacific LNG markets
Milestones
- October 2011 – Canada’s National Energy Board grants Kitimat LNG a 20 year Export Licence to serve international markets.
- July 2011 – Kitimat LNG purchases Eurocan industrial site
- March 2011 – Kitimat LNG partners Apache Corporation and EOG Resources Inc. announce that Encana Corporation has agreed to acquire a 30-per cent, working-interest ownership
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March 2011 –Kitimat LNG partners acquire Pacific Trail Pipelines
March 2011 – Kitimat LNG awards Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) contract to KBR - March 2011 – Historic ceremonial signing with Haisla Nation and Kitimat LNG at Kitamaat Village
- December 2010 – KM LNG files Canadian federal export license application
- December 2010 – FEED commences
- December 2010 – EOG closes agreement on purchase of 49 per cent of Kitimat LNG project
- November 2010 – Documents fully executed for Uplands and Foreshore leases with related agreements
- November 2010 – Haisla Nation votes overwhelmingly to approve land lease
- May 2010 – EOG Resources Canada Inc. (EOG) signs pre-acquisition agreement to purchase remaining 49 per cent of LNG project
- January 2010 – KM LNG through its managing partner Apache Canada Ltd. purchased 51 per cent of the project and becomes operator
- January 2009 – Canadian provincial environmental assessment approval
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December 2008 – Canadian federal environmental assessment approval
Ownership
Kitimat LNG is 40 per cent owned by KM LNG Operating General Partnership (KM LNG) by its managing partner Apache Canada Ltd., 30 per cent owned by EOG Resources Canada Inc., and 30 per cent owned by Encana Corporation. KM LNG is the operator. Read more>>
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"The Haisla people look forward to a long partnership with Kitimat LNG. The economic opportunity that comes with the project will benefit our people for a very long time."
— Chief Councilor Dolores Pollard
10/14/2011