Project Profile

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Location: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Value: US$30 billion
Capacity: 24 mtpa
Area: 5 sq.km
Construction start-up: 2018
Operation start-up: 2022
Sarita Bay liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is one of the biggest land-based LNG projects proposed for development in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The facility, to be developed by Steelhead LNG Corporation, an development company based in BC and the Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN). The LNG project is expected to be developed with an investment of approximately US$30 billion, and will have a capacity of 24 million tonnes per annum (mtpa). Final investment decision (FID) on the project is expected to be made in 2018. The project will be located 10km north of Anacla at the southern end of the Alberni Inlet on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The processing facility will be developed on 5 square km of First Nations Treaty Settlement Lands at Sarita Bay.
The project will include the construction of a pipeline that will deliver natural gas from northern BC, to Huu-ay-aht territory, as well as a land-based liquefaction facility in Sarita Bay, and a processing facility at that will treat, liquefy, and store the natural gas. The LNG will then be loaded into carriers for export to customers, primarily in Asia. Construction of the project is expected to begin in 2018 and be completed in four years, by 2022. The facility is expected to be operational until 2062 and is proposed to be decommissioned in 2063.
Operators:
Steelhead LNG Corporation
Huu-ay-aht First Nations (HFN)
Contractors: 
Huu-ay-aht First nations and Hyundai Heavy Industries: LNG hulls FEED
WorleyParsons: FEED contract