{"id":2670,"date":"2019-03-12T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euromenaenergy.com\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:05:37","slug":"lng-canada-ceo-sees-no-scenario-that-would-stop-its-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/?p=2670","title":{"rendered":"LNG Canada CEO sees no scenario that would stop its project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"subtitel col-lg-12\">\n<p>Bloomberg\/Vancouver<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The head of LNG Canada said he does \u201cnot see a single scenario\u201d that would stop the nation\u2019s largest infrastructure project from getting built, dispelling concerns that the $30bn gas export facility is at risk of mounting opposition from pipeline foes.<br \/>\nThe liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia was approved by Royal Dutch Shell Plc and four Asian partners in October after obtaining the support of the province and 20 First Nation groups. But it continues to face a legal challenge disputing the constitutionality of the project\u2019s approval, as well as protests by a group of indigenous holdouts.<br \/>\n\u201cI do not see a single scenario that would cause the construction of this pipeline to be stopped,\u201d Andy Calitz, LNG Canada\u2019s chief executive officer, said in an interview in Vancouver.<br \/>\nTransCanada Corp is planning to build the pipeline that will carry the gas from western Canada\u2019s prolific Montney shale formation to the coastal export facility in Kitimat. The whole project \u2013 including the gas fields, pipeline and liquefaction terminal \u2013 fall within British Columbia and was authorised by the provincial regulator.<br \/>\nBut a private citizen in Smithers, Michael Sawyer, mounted a legal challenge saying the pipeline is a federal undertaking and should have sought approval from the National Energy Board. The federal regulator agreed in December to consider the jurisdictional challenge and has requested evidence from the parties involved with final oral arguments set for March.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a complex world \u2013 the paths are not clear,\u201d Calitz said. Any decision by the federal regulator could later be appealed in the courts. \u201cBut what I am clear about is that this pipeline, by the time that happens, will be in advanced construction.\u201d<br \/>\nSeparately, TransCanada is seeking to sell a stake in the pipeline project. That move was long contemplated and doesn\u2019t indicate that there are growing concerns about the project\u2019s risks, Calitz said.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has always been a part of the financing strategy for the project,\u201d Calitz said. \u201cIt has no impact on either the construction or the capacity or any other aspect of the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg\/Vancouver The head of LNG Canada said he does \u201cnot see a single scenario\u201d that would stop the nation\u2019s largest infrastructure project from getting built, dispelling concerns that the $30bn gas export&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emimer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}