Shell’s LNG Canada terminal more than 95 percent complete

Klein said in the newest project update on Thursday that 35,000-plus individual Canadians have worked on the LNG Canada project to date.

“Lately, we’ve welcomed hundreds more Canadians to the LNG Canada asset team–highly-skilled individuals who will safely operate this country’s first gas liquefaction and export facility,” he said.

Klein noted that LNG Canada recently introduced natural gas to the facility for the first time, from the new Coastal GasLink pipeline.

“This was a major achievement for LNG Canada as we continue to progress our commissioning and safe start-up activities, and test and fine tune our equipment,” he said.

“With gas in, we’re able to advance other start-up activities as planned, such as flaring,” he said.

He said flaring will be “intermittent and on-going during our safe start-up process.”

“Once we enter operations, it will occur much less frequently,” Klein said.

Klein previously said the start-up activities would take more than a year to complete.

Phase 2

Contractor JGC Fluor is constructing the first phase of the giant LNG Canada project that includes two liquefaction trains with a capacity of 14 mtpa in Kitimat, British Columbia.

Last year, TC Energy’s Coastal GasLink pipeline, which will supply natural gas to the LNG Canada terminal, was mechanically completed.

Besides operator Shell, other partners in the project include Malaysia’s Petronas, PetroChina, Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation, and South Korea’s Kogas.

In addition to the first phase, the partners are also planning to build the second phase of the giant LNG project.

“We see opportunities to deliver even more benefits with our proposed Phase 2 expansion,” Klein said.

“We continue to work towards conditions needed for our five joint venture participants to reach a Phase 2 final investment decision,” he added.