Investors short-hand it as FID: the Final Investment Decision, in which investors decide if a multi-billion-dollar mega-project gets a final green light and goes ahead. Now Canada and BC are awaiting vital FIDs on two LNG-for-export projects: One on the expansion of LNG Canada at Kitimat and one on the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project …
The latest in a series from law firm Fasken, via Lexology: Part 3: Indigenous Partnerships and Investment: Indigenous support is critical to energy, infrastructure and resource project success in Canada. Read it at https://bit.ly/4xnirBP • Part 2: Putting Canadian LNG in context, and a look at Canadian LNG going forward: https://bit.ly/4q1GvI3 • Part 1: Canadian LNG …
(This week’s blog is condensed from a report by law firm Dentons in Canada, part of Dentons global.) Over the past few years, a combination of federal and provincial government programs — anchored by loan guarantees, equity loans, and legislative reforms — has dramatically expanded the capital available to Indigenous communities seeking ownership stakes in …
By KAREN OGEN, CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance Three years ago, the world’s premier liquefied natural gas conference came to Canada – Vancouver, in fact – for the first time. It was an opportunity for BC to tell the world about our fledgling LNG opportunity. At that point three years ago, LNG Canada wasn’t …
Ksi Lisims LNG, a proposed Indigenous-led floating facility in northwestern BC, is rapidly approaching a final investment decision (FID). The proponents are the Nisga’a Nation (which owns the planned site for onshore components at Wil Milit in northwestern BC), Rockies LNG (a partnership of Western Canadian natural-gas producers) and Texas-based Western LNG (which has been …
