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Mar 7, 2024 · After years of careful planning, robust community engagement and safe construction, the first phase of the LNG Canada liquified natural gas export facility is nearing completion in Kitimat, in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation.
- Marine Habitat Offsets
- Dredging
- Local Jobs
- Women in The Workforce
- Community Impacts
Some of the early work done on the project has been marine habitat restoration. For every hectare of marine habitat disturbed, two must be added as an offset. One fish-bearing creek, for example – Beaver Creek – has to be redirected. Workers with the Haisla-Triton Limited Partnership are working in the stream, physically relocating fish and amphibi...
Some of the damage done by historical industrial activities is also being addressed. Dredging will remove sediment that was contaminated by industrial activities, which included a pulp mill. “Our dredging is doing a lot of cleanup,” Feduniak said. There are already two marine terminals extending into Douglas Channel, both owned by Rio Tinto, one of...
LNG Canada and its main contractor – JGC Fluor – have committed to a hiring policy that gives preference to local workers, women and First Nations. As of September, of the 1,000 people employed on the project, 520 are from the Terrace-Kitimat region. JGC Fluor has awarded 38 contracts to date for everything from coffee supplies to the multimillion-...
LNG Canada has worked with a number of institutes to provide the necessary education and skills training to prepare locals with skills and trades, and has committed to employing 25% of the workforce as apprentices. As part of a commitment to get more women into skilled trades, LNG Canada and JGC Fluor launched the Your Place training program, desig...
As an industry town, the District of Kitimat (population 9,000) and the Haisla Nation are the biggest supporters and beneficiaries of the LNG industry in general. The town’s main industry has always been the Rio Tinto aluminum smelter, which was built in the 1950s and underwent a $6 billion expansion and modernization in 2014 and 2015. But other in...
Nov 14, 2019 · One of the more visible above-ground projects now underway is that of the worker camp, Cedar Valley Lodge, which is being built by the ATCO-Bird joint venture, for another joint venture between Fluor Corporation and JGC, the overall general contractor on the project.
Sep 3, 2020 · On August 20, LNG Canada and its prime contractor, JGC Fluor, hosted the Cedar Valley Lodge Community Preview, giving a small group of local First Nations, municipal leaders and media their first look inside the accommodation centre.
Jun 19, 2023 · A previous version of this story contained several errors. It incorrectly stated the new plant in Kitimat was owned by Coastal GasLink; in fact, the new facility is owned and operated by LNG...
Sep 29, 2022 · LNG Canada's partners are Royal Dutch Shell, which owns a 40% stake in the project, Petronas (25%), PetroChina (15%), Mitsubishi (15%) and Korea Gas Corp. (5%).
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