Project Profile
Value: US$27 billion
Location: Lelu Island, within the District of Port Edward, Port of Prince Rupert, northeastern British Columbia, Canada
Capacity: 12 million tpy of export capacity
Start-up Year: 2021
Pacific NorthWest LNG is a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility on Lelu Island within the District of Port Edward on land administered by the Port of Prince Rupert. The facility would liquefy and export natural gas produced by Progress Energy Canada Ltd. in northeastern British Columbia. It would be a US$9 billion to US$11 billion investment. Pacific NorthWest LNG will generate new economic and social benefits for the local community, BC and Canada in an environmentally safe and sustainable manner. For example, up to 3,500 jobs will be created at the peak of construction and 200 to 300 operational jobs. The project is in the process of scoping the design of the facility. This is known as the pre-Front End Engineering Design (pre-FEED) stage. The detailed design of the facility will begin in late spring 2013. Construction is anticipated to begin by early 2015 and take about four years.
The final design for Lelu Island is still to be determined, but the export facility will include two LNG trains (or liquefaction plants), two LNG storage tanks, a jetty trestle, and buildings for safety, maintenance equipment and administration. There will also be room to add a third train and storage tank in the future.In terms of an LNG facility, a train is a series of process equipment that is situated in a line and acts as a large refrigerator to convert natural gas into LNG. The facility will require a bridge from the mainland to Lelu Island and studies are underway to determine the best location. ific NorthWest LNG will be supplied from natural gas developments in northeast BC. Natural gas will be transported to the site by a pipeline – the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Project – that will be built and operated by TransCanada Corporation under agreement with Progress Energy Canada.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency has continued its review of the multi-billion dollar Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG project on Lelu Island, following the submission of final response by PNW LNG. Pacific NorthWest LNG submitted its final response in relation to an information request issued in March 2016, which was followed by Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, Catherine McKenna’s decision to put the project’s review on hold. (June, 2016)
Petronas will carry out a total review of its proposed LNG project in Canada before committing to a final investment decision. (August, 2016)
Operators:
Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd. (PETRONAS and Japex): Operator with 97% interest
Petroleum Brunei: 3% interest
Sinopec-China Huadian
Contractors:
BASF: Supplying BASF’s OASE® technology for the removal of carbon dioxide and sulfur containing components from natural gas for all trains
Joint Venture for FEED contract:
Bechtel
JGC
KBR
Joint Venture for FEED on proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility:
China Huanqiu
Samsung Engineering
Technip