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Pembina and Haisla Nation’s Cedar

LNG project in Canada receives

environmental approval

CANADA THE proposed $2.4bn Cedar LNG project to greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan, com-
be developed by the Haisla Nation indigenous bined with regulations that are under develop-
The project has a 3mn group and Pembina Pipeline in Kitimat, Brit- ment by government regarding oil and gas sector
tonne-per-year design ish Columbia has been granted environmental emissions, they concluded that the project can fit
capacity. approval by the provincial government. within BC’s climate targets and goals,” it added.
The environmental assessment certificate Already a 20-year liquefaction service agree-
(EAC) for the floating liquefied natural gas ment has been reached with ARC Resources for
(FLNG) project means the 3mn tonnes per the project and the parties are now in the process
year (tpy) facility is one step closer to coming to of finalising a definitive agreement for 1.5mn tpy
fruition. of LNG, which is equivalent to 200mn standard
Located on Haisla Nation-owned land, the cubic feet (5.7mn cubic metres) per day of nat-
project holding company Cedar LNG Partners ural gas.
must still obtain the necessary federal approvals The FLNG project is located in British
and provincial permits and authorisations before Columbia’s north-west about 630 km west of
construction can commence. The project com- Prince George. The FLNG plant and marine
pany is majority-owned by Haisla Nation. export terminal located in the Douglas Chan-
“The ministers acknowledge that the project nel will utilise an 8.5-km pipeline that will link
takes all possible measures currently available to it with the Coastal GasLink pipeline, which is
reduce greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions to the currently under construction.
lowest feasible level,” the British Columbia Envi- The British Columbia provincial govern-
ronmental Assessment Office stated. ment has strict climate regulations for the oil and
“With the requirement to implement a gas sector and as part of its new energy action

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