Projects January 5 2018
Pacific NorthWest LNG Project, British
Columbia
Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a natural gas liquefaction
and export facility, was proposed to be constructed in Lelu Island near the Port of
Prince Rupert, British Columbia (BC).
Project Type
Liquefaction and LNG export facility
Location
Lelu Island, British Columbia
Operator
Pacific NorthWest LNG
Natural Gas Supplier
Progress Energy Canada
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Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project,
a natural gas liquefaction and export facility, was
proposed to be constructed in Lelu Island near the
Port of Prince Rupert, British Columbia (BC).
The project was planned to be operated by Pacific
NorthWest LNG, a consortium comprising Petroliam
Nasional Berhad (Petronas 62%), Japan Petroleum
Exploration Company (JAPEX 10%), PetroleumBRUNEI
(3%), Indian Oil Corporation (10%) and China
Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec 15%).
Each of the partners planned to purchase LNG based
on their respective shares in the project for a
minimum period of 20 years.
Construction was expected to start in early 2015 and
the facility was expected to commence operations in
early 2019.
However, the project was cancelled by the partners in
July 2017 due to challenging environment, low prices
and shifts in the energy market.
The overall investment in the project was estimated at
$11.4bn.
The project was expected to generate approximately
4,500 jobs during the peak construction period, 330
permanent jobs following the commencement of
operations and an additional 300 indirect jobs in the
wider community.
Natural gas source and pipeline facility
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Tilbury Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility
Expansion, British Columbia, Canada
The expansion project will ensure the facility meets
the LNG needs of the transportation sector, industries,
remote communities and marketplace in British
Columbia and other regional markets.
Natural gas for the project was planned to be sourced
from Progress Energy Canada’s North Montney assets
and conveyed to the site for liquefaction via
TransCanada Pipeline’s proposed 900km-long Prince
Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline.
LNG exportation from the project
LNG from the project site was planned to be exported
using either Petronas’s own fleet of LNG vessels or
through vessels of the customers’ choice.
Approximately 220 vessels were expected to call on
the facility each year.
Design and construction details of Pacific
NorthWest LNG project
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“Each of the three LNG trains will have a nameplate
capacity of six million tonnes per annum and the
storage tanks will have a storage capacity of
180,000m³ each.”
The project site was designed to cover an area of
263ha, including approximately 160ha situated on Lelu
Island.
The remaining 103ha comprised of marine
infrastructure and the facilities were designed to
operate for 30 years.
Construction of the project was supposed to be
implemented in two phases. Phase I would have
primarily involved the installation of two LNG trains
and two LNG storage tanks for storing LNG at
atmospheric pressure, prior to being transferred onto
LNG carriers, while phase II planned to add an
additional LNG train and a third LNG storage tank.
Each of the three LNG trains were designed to have a
nameplate capacity of six million tonnes per annum
(Mtpa) and the storage tanks were designed with a
storage capacity of 180,000m³ each.
A 1,100MW power plant using aeroderivative gas
turbines was to be constructed to provide the
compression and non-compression power for the LNG
trains.
A marine terminal consisting of two berths for LNG
carriers was to be constructed at Port Edward, which
connected to LNG facilities via a 2.7km-long combined
trestle and a 250m two-lane suspension bridge.
Other ancillary facilities included administrative,
control and maintenance buildings, a materials
offloading facility, wastewater treatment plant, access
road, pioneer dock and utility connections.
Gas treatment technology
BASF agreed to license its proprietary OASE
technology for the removal of carbon dioxide and
sulphur components from natural gas supplied for the
project.
Contractors involved
The FEED and early detailed engineering works for the
project were performed by Bechtel, the KBR / JGC
joint venture (JV) and the Technip / Samsung
Engineering / China Huanqiu JV under separate
contracts awarded to the three parties in early 2013.
An engineering, procurement, construction and
commissioning (EPCC) contractor was also planned to
be selected from one of these three parties.
Stantec was the environmental consultant for the
project.
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