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Gas pipelines, LNG terminals proposed for B.C.

PIPELINES Pacific Trail Pipeline - 487 km from Summit Lake to Kitimat; Environmental Certificate issued 2008; to be linked to Kitimat LNG export terminal; no final investment decision made by owners Apache Corp. and Chevron Canada.

PIPELINES

Pacific Trail Pipeline - 487 km from Summit Lake to Kitimat; Environmental Certificate issued 2008; to be linked to Kitimat LNG export terminal; no final investment decision made by owners Apache Corp. and Chevron Canada.

Pacific Northern Gas Transmission Pipeline Expansion - 525 km from Summit Lake to Kitimat; proposed twinning of PNG's existing natural gas pipeline; application for Environmental Assessment Certificate expected this fall.

Prince Rupert Gas Transmission - 900 km from Hudson's Hope to Port Edward, near Prince Rupert; to be linked to Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal; in pre-application stage for environmental approval.

Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project - 650 km from Dawson Creek area to Kitimat terminal; owned by TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.; in pre-application stage for environmental approval.

Westcoast Connecter Gas Transmission -852-854 km long from Cypress area (100 km northwest of For St. John) to be linked to proposed Prince Rupert LNG export facility on Ridley Island; owned by Spectra Energy; submitted application for environmental approval to the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office on March 21.

Eagle Mountain-Woodfibre Gas Pipeline - 52 km loop from an existing line in Vancouver to Squamish, to serve the proposed Woodfibre LNG facility; proposed by FortisBC; in pre-application phase for environmental approval.

LNG TERMINALS

LNG Canada - Kitimat; 24 million tonnes of LNG per year (24 MMTPA); a partnership of Shell Canada, PetroChina Company, Korea Gas Corp. and Mitsubishi Corp. National Energy Board (NEB) approval Feb. 4, 2013. Final investment decision expected in 2015. To be linked to Coastal GasLink Pipeline.

Kitimat LNG -Kitimat; 10 MMTPA; by Apache Canada and Chevron Canada; NEB approval October 2011.

Douglas Channel Energy (BC LNG) -Barge terminal on Douglas Channel, near Kitimat; 1.8 MMTPA; partnership of Douglas Channel Partnership Cooperative and Haisla First Nation; no NEB approval required.

Aurora LNG -Prince Rupert; 24 MMTPA; partnership of Nexen Energy, INPEX Corp. and JGC Corp.; NEB approval May 1, 2014.

Woodside -Grassy Point, near Prince Rupert; Woodside Energy Ltd. has expressed interest in Crown land for the purpose of an LNG terminal; no other details available.

Prince Rupert LNG -Prince Rupert; 21 MMTPA; owned by the British Gas Group; NEB approval Dec. 16 2013.

Pacific NorthWest LNG -Prince Edward, on Port of Prince Rupert land; 18 MMTPA; partnership of Progress Energy, PETRONAS and Japan Petroleum Exploration Company; NEB application July 5, 2013.

Canada Stewart Energy Project -Stewart; 30 MMTPA; Canada Stewart Energy Group Ltd. plans to built a 5 MMTPA floating terminal and 25 MMTPA shore facility; NEB application March 5, 2014.

Kitsault Energy Project - Kitsault; 20 MMTPA; Kitsault Energy Ltd.; NEB application Dec. 18, 2013.

Woodfibre LNG Project - Squamish; 2.1 MMTPA; owned by Pacific Energy Corporation, to be linked to the proposed Eagle Mountain-Woodfibre Gas Pipeline; NEB approval Dec. 16 , 2013.

Discovery LNG -Campbell River; preliminary proposal by Quicksilver Resources Canada Inc.

Triton LNG -Floating LNG terminal in undetermined location, possibly Kitimat or Prince Rupert; 2.3 MMTPA; partnership of AltaGas Ltd. and Idemitsu Canada Corp., to be supplied by the proposed Pacific Northern Gas Transmission Pipeline Expansion; NEB approval April 16, 2014.

WCC LNG Ltd. - Kitimat or Prince Rupert areas; 30 MMTPA; a partnership of Imperial Oil and ExxonMobil Canada; NEB approval Dec. 16, 2013.

Sources: B.C. Ministry of Natural Gas Development, National Energy Board