Our blog: Canadian LNG is Indigenous LNG
We’ve been spreading the message in that headline above for a long time online — and now it’s becoming even more clear. For example, the Nisga’a Nation now has announced, with Western LNG, the planned purchase from TC Energy of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project (PRGT). It would be used to feed natural…
Blog: World LNG demand is on the rise. Can Canada ship more?
Some 400 years ago, French explorers noted First Nations people lighting natural gas that seeped into and around Lake Erie. We’ve come a long way since then: About one third of Canada’s energy needs now are met by natural gas. More than six million Canadians use it to light, heat, and cool homes and business…
Blog: World LNG demand is rising, but the peak is coming
Energy giant Shell sees global demand for liquefied natural gas rising by more than 50% by 2040. In its 2024 Outlook for LNG, it cites as reasons industrial coal-to-gas switching to generate power, a switch that is gathering pace in China and South Asian and South-east Asian countries. At the same time, though, Shell’s forecasts…
Blog: Canada’s LNG, the cleanest in the world
Our blog this week comes from Resource Works, B.C.-based advocate for responsible natural-resource development; reproduced with the kind permission of Resource Works. President Joe Biden’s halt on new U.S. LNG projects offers Canada a chance to showcase its commitment to producing exceptionally clean LNG, highlighting innovative approaches to environmental sustainability and economic growth in the…
Blog: Cedar LNG, and Haisla Chief Crystal Smith’s goosebumps
For this week’s blog, a change of pace: LNG-related comments condensed from a podcast featuring Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation and chair of our First Nations Natural Gas Alliance: Whether it be refineries, oil, LNG, propane, methanol, we’ve had proposals within the last 10 years in regards to what the possibilities…