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According to a Woodfibre LNG statement, Schauerte brings more than 20 years of experience in the Canadian and global energy industry.
He comes to Woodfibre LNG from the Shell-led LNG Canada, where he served as vice president, asset, helping to guide the construction and start-up of Canada’s first large-scale LNG export facility.
Prior to LNG Canada, Schauerte served in a range of leadership roles with Shell in both Canada and internationally.
Woodfibre LNG noted in the statement it began construction of its LNG export facility in September 2023.
The facility is expected to be completed in 2027.
Construction update
Woodside recently said in its October construction update that construction continues on its LNG facility, including work on foundations for the LNG processing equipment and modules that are expected to begin arriving at the site in 2025.
Current work includes blasting, concrete pouring, and preparation for installation of rock anchors.
All non-local project workers are housed on the floatel, and transportation to and from the floatel is from the lower mainland (Vancouver), the firm said.
Blasting of the project site slopeside/rock wall continues to create space for the installation of the future permanent export terminal.
Woodfibre LNG said it is limited to conducting in water works during the marine window of least risk, under federal and Squamish Nation regulation.
This window opened on August 16, 2024 and will run until January 31, 2025.
In October, and throughout the marine window, barges will be visible to support marine piling for both the marine offloading facility, which will accept the facility’s large modules; and the installation of the first permanent piles for the export terminal and floating storage tanks.
Woodfibre LNG said pile driving will continue through January.
BP will take all of LNG volumes
In September last year, Woodfibre LNG signed the third supply deal with UK-based energy giant BP for volumes from its export plant in British Columbia.
With the additional contract to offtake 0.45 million tonnes of LNG per year (mtpa) for 15 years on a free on board (FOB) basis, all of the LNG production from the Woodfibre LNG export facility is committed for sale to BP.
BP said that firm offtake totals 1.95 mtpa of LNG and the remainder is on a “flexible offtake basis”.
In addition to securing LNG offtake rights from the project, BP will provide transportation of gas to the Woodfibre LNG export facility during the 15-year contact term.
The two firms signed the second supply deal in 2021, increasing BP’s total LNG offtake to 1.5 mtpa, or more than 70 percent of Woodfibre’s future annual production.
The facility will have a capacity of 2.1 mtpa.
McDermott
In November 2021, Woodfibre LNG awarded the engineering, procurement, fabrication, and construction (EPFC) contract to McDermott.
After that, the LNG terminal developer issued a notice to proceed to McDermott in April 2022 to start work on its LNG terminal.
Qingdao McDermott Wuchuan (QMW), a joint venture consisting of US contractor McDermott and China State Shipbuilding Corporation, started building the first module for Woodfibre LNG last year.
QMW will build 19 modules for Woodfibre LNG and plans to complete the project in the third quarter of 2025.
Besides McDermott, Woodfibre LNG previously also awarded a contract to Siemens Energy to work on the all-electric plant.