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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The Cedar LNG project, now a partnership between the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation, has been moving along for 12 years, including obtaining a natural-gas export licence, government approvals, and engineering and environmental design. Now it’s taken a truly significant step, selecting Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) of South Korea and Black & Veatch of …
