Joint Venture Awarded Front End Engineering, Design for Proposed Phase 2 Expansion of LNG Canada Facility

Fluor Corporation’s joint venture with JGC Corporation has been awarded the contract to update the Front End Engineering and Design for a proposed Phase 2 expansion of the LNG Canada facility located on the traditional territory of Haisla Nation in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada.

This award follows the commissioning of Phase 1 with the recent shipment of the project’s first liquefied natural gas export cargo. Since 2018, the JGC Fluor JV has been instrumental in delivering Phase 1 of the project by providing critical engineering, procurement, fabrication management, construction and commissioning services to build the facility and support safe startup.

Located on Canada’s west coast, the LNG Canada facility benefits from access to abundant, low-cost natural gas and an ice-free harbor. The plant is the first-of-its-kind in Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 14 million tons of LNG. It positions Canada as a major supplier of low-carbon natural gas to global markets and will operate under a 40-year license helping to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by replacing coal with natural gas.

A Phase 2 expansion would increase the facility’s processing, storage and shipping capabilities. LNG Canada and its five joint venture participants continue to explore pathways to a Phase 2 expansion, but have not yet reached a final investment decision. LNG Canada is a joint venture between Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS.