Our newsletter: 11 September 2025
Canadian LNG to Europe now pushed
Three years ago, Justin Trudeau, then prime minister, declared that there has “never been a strong business case” for liquefied natural gas exports from Canada’s East Coast to Europe.
But now the new Mark Carney federal government is onside — and we have industry and governments looking at opportunities to send our LNG to Europe.
Fermeuse Energy has announced plans for a $15-billion LNG project off the coast of Newfoundland, and the New Brunswick government has approached Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy and Spanish energy firm Repsol to reopen talks on a proposed LNG export terminal at St. John’s.
- Learn more here: https://ow.ly/WXtv50WSK5R
See also:
- New Brunswick is sitting on billions of dollars worth of natural gas: https://ow.ly/VYO050WSK9o
- Stewart Muir of Resource Works: Turns out there is a business case for Canadian LNG going Europe and it only took the federal government three needless years to figure that out. ly/g5ZZ50WP4nW
- Margareta Dovgal of Resource Works: After three years, Ottawa is finally talking about LNG exports to Europe. ‘Kind of late, but better late than never.’ Watch here: ly/T46v50WPc5W
Prime Minister Mark Carney with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Talks included potential LNG exports to Europe from Eastern Canada.
Alaska LNG: Coming or crashing?
The proposed Alaska LNG project, if it happens, would be a blow to BC and Canada, as it would directly compete with BC LNG.
It would be the first US LNG-for-export plant on the West Coast, and thus undermine BC’s current advantage of being able to move LNG to Asia in as little as 10 days, compared with 24 days from US plants on the Gulf of Mexico.
President Donald Trump has announced a “joint venture in an Alaska Pipeline” with South Korea, and a similar joint venture with Japan. But the Asian parties he cites have not confirmed any such joint ventures.
So it’s not at all clear whether Trump’s statements mean contracts actually exist, or are simply political pie-in-the-sky announcements.
The longer Alaska LNG stays as pie in the sky the happier BC and Canada and our LNG producers will be.
- Read more here: https://ow.ly/vkWn50WSKmL
See also:
- Canadian natural gas sold as LNG in Asia is currently worth about six times more than pipeline exports to the U.S. So let’s move on the PRGT pipeline and the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project: https://ow.ly/Eyn150WRa2u
- The Ksi Lisims LNG project and potential Phase 2 expansion of LNG Canada are on Ottawa’s list of infrastructure projects for fast-track consideration: https://ow.ly/yzOa50WSI6l
First Nations and clean energy
- Feds commit $33 million to Indigenous-owned solar project in Saskatchewan: https://ow.ly/U99Y50WSKI6
- Ontario adds $10 million to Indigenous energy program: https://ow.ly/2KPV50WP5r2
- Ottawa invites public comment on the Piikani Wind Project, on Piikani Nation land in Alberta: https://ow.ly/WPYl50WP6uO
- Mi’gmaq of Gespe’gewa’gi become partners in development of wind power in Eastern Quebec: https://ow.ly/vhSZ50WSKGN
Also in the news
- Milestone: LNG Canada ships out its 10th cargo: ly/HvoU50WQ40B
- Woodfibre LNG construction reaches the halfway mark: ly/mn4n50WPZso
- And Woodfibre LNG now estimates the cost of its project at US$8.8 billion ($12.09 billion Canadian): ly/LGqX50WP3u5
- Ksi Lisims LNG project survives a judicial challenge by Gitanyow hereditary chiefs: ly/qXpp50WQH9F
- Ksi Lisims LNG and the associated PRGT gas pipeline lead the list of Top Ten projects in BC: ly/KsBT50WQATK
- Ksi Lisims LNG is also on Ottawa’s list of infrastructure projects for fast-track consideration: ly/yzOa50WSI6l
Events
- National Coalition of Chiefs, Energy and Natural Resource Summit, Sept. 18-19, Calgary: https://ow.ly/kt8a50Wl6fM
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., Indigenous consultation & engagement course, online, Sept. 19: https://ow.ly/ttMl50WAT4m
- Carbon Capture Canada, national CCUS convention, Sept. 23-25, Edmonton: https://ow.ly/8kwv50WOj3r
- Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s annual Indigenous Opportunities Forum, Oct. 2, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/WTWt50WaVJ5
- Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, Indigenous Forum and PAIR awards, Oct. 8, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/o1lf50WlJGY
- Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, West Coast Business Forum and awards dinner, Oct. 9, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/o1lf50WlJGY
- Ninth annual Nation2Nation forum, Oct. 21-23, Kitimat BC: https://ow.ly/LvkJ50VYq07
- Rezolution Summit 2025: Cultivating Indigenous Prosperity. Oct. 27-28, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/JSPP50WOj9R
- Canadian Gas Association, Energy Nexus and Annual Technical Conference, Calgary, Oct. 27–30: https://ow.ly/H5kt50WlEgR
- Canadian Gas Association Women in Natural Gas, module 1, Calgary, Oct. 27-30: https://ow.ly/Yvhz50WUBut
- Spark Indigenous Energy Summit, Nov. 5-6, Calgary: https://ow.ly/2B5E50Wgj11
- Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase, Nov. 13, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/l3O650Wj25v
- 10th annual Energy Roundtable conference, Nov. 20, Toronto: https://ow.ly/7hz450WOjf60th annual National Energy Roundtable conference
- Canadian Council for Indigenous Business, Indigenous Procurement Event, Nov. 26, Winnipeg: https://ow.ly/bVJy50WlJkb
- First Nations clean-energy and electricity summit, Dec. 8-9, Vancouver: https://ow.ly/GKbx50WQHzJ
2026
- The BC Natural Resources Forum, Jan. 20-22, Prince George: https://ow.ly/71Y250Wj0zL
- Canadian Gas Association, CGA Energy Security Summit, March 10-11, Ottawa: https://ow.ly/6FLp50VQu0N
- Public Policy Forum’s Canada Growth Summit, May 7, Toronto: https://ow.ly/ikCs50WGyYr
Know someone who might be interested in our newsletter? Please let them know that they can subscribe here, for free. You’ll also find us on Facebook and X.
