Commodities
Alaska LNG Project Gains Momentum, Challenging B.C.'s Pacific Advantage
The Alaska LNG project is gaining momentum, posing a threat to British Columbia's head start in the Pacific LNG race.
The proposed $44 billion project would transport North Slope gas down an 800-mile pipeline to a liquefaction terminal for export to Asian customers.
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said last fall that a key engineering and cost assessment for the pipeline, known as a front-end engineering and design study, is expected to be completed in December.
The project's developer, Glenfarne Group, has secured commercial commitments from oilfield services firm Baker Hughes, which will supply main refrigerant compressors for the proposed LNG terminal and provide power generation equipment for a gas treatment plant on the North Slope.