Project Profile

Value: US$311 million
Location: Delta, British Columbia, Canada
Storage capacity: approximately 1.1 million gigajoules of LNG
Liquefaction capacity: approximately 34,000 gigajoules per day
Start-up Year: 2016/2017

FortisBC is expanding the Tilbury Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Delta, BC to meet the long-term projected growth for LNG as a cleaner transportation fuel and an important energy source for communities, industry and the marketplace. Ground consolidation has finished at the site. Current use:
- FortisBC uses liquefied natural gas (LNG) to supplement the Lower Mainland gas supply during periods of peak demand.
- Heavy-duty customers such as Vedder Transport Ltd., Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. and Denwill Enterprises Inc. acquire LNG from the existing Tilbury LNG facility.
- The town of Watson Lake, Yukon has converted part of its energy from diesel to LNG supplied from the existing Tilbury LNG facility. The town of Inuvik in the North West Territories is also offsetting its diesel-fuel utility operations using LNG transported from Tilbury.

The original facility was built in 1971 and has been operating safely since then. The existing facility supplies LNG to a number of transportation customers, and the facility expansion will allow the company to further develop the LNG supply for this growing market. The expansion of the Tilbury Island LNG facility allows to better support the province in the development of natural gas for the transportation sector, for remote communities and the marketplace. It will result in increased LNG supply.

about the project
This expansion will help meet the long-term projected growth of LNG in the BC marketplace. As a transportation fuel, LNG is clean and affordable:
- Natural gas fuel costs have historically been 25 to 40 per cent less than diesel.1
- Greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by 20 to 30 per cent.
- Natural gas for transportation helps achieve BC’s energy objectives defined under the Clean Energy Act.2
- According to operators, natural gas engines run quieter compared to diesel trucks.

Timeline
This project will begin construction of the storage tank in September 2014, with LNG from the expansion supplying vehicles by the fourth quarter of 2016.


Operators:

FortisBC Energy Inc.: Operator with 100% interest


Contractors:

Bechtel Canada Co.: Main EPC contractor for its Tilbury LNG facility expansion project in Delta, B.C.