What to Know about BC's 5 Biggest Oil and LNG Projects

LNG Canada, the company owned by a multitude of foreign fossil fuel organisations, is building Canada's first large-scale liquified natural gas (LNG) export facility. Although LNG is one of the least impactful fossil fuels, the plant located in Kitimat, BC is estimated to add at least five hundred megatonnes of carbon emissions to the atmosphere over the next four decades. With these additions BC will be slated to overshoot its net-zero by 2050 goal, calling into question if the plant is worth it.

Coastal GasLink, a vital part of the aforementioned LNG plant, is the pipeline through Wet’suwet’en territory that is set to pump 2.1 billion cubic feet of gas a day across its 670 km length upon completion. With the pipeline failing time and time again to follow environmental regulations it remains to be seen what the ecological impacts of the project will be.

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission is a potential 900 km pipeline in the North. It has been in a development purgatory for the past seven years with its funding being pulled in 2017. However, with the completion of the Coastal GasLink project all eyes are turning back to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line. The development's proposed route crosses several vital waterways and lakes posing potential environmental risks to many traditional indigenous lands and the critical ecosystems they foster.

Ksi Lisims might be Canada's next large scale LNG export facility. The plant, led by the Nisga’a Nation, will help to revolutionise their economy and establish an economic base in their territory. Although neighbouring nations are not so enthusiastic, sharing the concerns that everyone has about fossil fuel projects: the environmental costs.

Cedar LNG, the first Indigenous-majority-owned LNG plant was approved early last year. The plant will have around 30% the capacity of its neighbouring plant owned by LNG Canada (#1 on the list). The Haisla Nation is buzzing with the idea of their new facility and are eager to enrich their communities with the economic boom that will surely come with the completion of the project.

SOURCE:

The Narwhal. https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-lng-major-projects/