Summary
- Feed natural gas will come from Apache's Horn River and Liard fields in British Columbia
- 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
- Natural deepwater, ice-free harbor; no dredging or breakwater required
- Close proximity to Asia Pacific LNG markets
Milestones
- February 2013 – Apache, Chevron complete Chevron Canada's entry into Kitimat LNG
- December 2012 – Apache Canada, Chevron Canada announce joint venture for Kitimat LNG project
- 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 licence 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 – Provincial environmental assessment approval received
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December 2008 – Federal environmental assessment approval received
Ownership
Chevron Canada and Apache Canada each own 50 percent .of the Kitimat LNG plant. Chevron will market LNG, operate plant and pipeline assets. Apache will operate upstream development of 644,000 acres in British Columbia's giant Horn River, Liard shale gas discoveries. 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
2/25/2013
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