Aurora LNG Terminal

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Aurora LNG Terminal is an LNG export terminal in Canada with units that are cancelled (confirmed).

Location

Table 1: Location details

Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Phase 1 (T1-T2)	Delusion Bay, Digby Island, British Columbia, Canada	54.284, -130.417 (approximate)
Phase 2 (T3-T4)	Delusion Bay, Digby Island, British Columbia, Canada	54.284, -130.417 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:

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Project Details

Table 2: Infrastructure details

mtpa = million tonnes per year

Name	Facility type	Status	Capacity	Total terminal capacity	Offshore	Associated infrastructure
Phase 1 (T1-T2)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	12 mtpa	24.0 mtpa	False	–
Phase 2 (T3-T4)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	12 mtpa	24.0 mtpa	False	–

Table 3: Cost

Name	Facility type	Cost	Total known terminal costs
Phase 1 (T1-T2)	export	–	–
Phase 2 (T3-T4)	export	–	–

Financing

No financing data available.

Table 4: Project timeline

FID = Final Investment Decision, used by some developers to indicate a project will move forward

Name	Facility type	Status	Proposal year	FID year	Construction year	Operating year	Inactive year
Phase 1 (T1-T2)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2017 (cancelled)
Phase 2 (T3-T4)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	–	–	–	–	2017 (cancelled)

Ownership

Table 5: Ownership

Name	Facility type	Status	Owners	Parent companies	Operator
Phase 1 (T1-T2)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	JGC Holdings Corp [20%]; INPEX Corp [20%]; China National Offshore Oil Corp [60%]	China National Offshore Oil Corp [60.0%]; INPEX Corp [20.0%]; JGC Holdings Corp [20.0%]	–
Phase 2 (T3-T4)	export	cancelled (confirmed)	JGC Holdings Corp [20%]; INPEX Corp [20%]; China National Offshore Oil Corp [60%]	China National Offshore Oil Corp [60.0%]; INPEX Corp [20.0%]; JGC Holdings Corp [20.0%]	–

Background

Aurora LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG terminal in British Columbia, Canada.

In November 2013, the export license application was filed for up to 24 mtpa for 25 years. The project was described as two trains with a total capacity of 12 mtpa and two LNG storage tanks, with the potential to expand with two additional trains for a total of 24 mtpa. First cargo was expected between 2021 and 2023.

The primary project backer was Nexen Energy, a subsidiary of CNOOC, China’s top LNG importer and one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies. Other backers included Japanese companies INPEX, an LNG supplier to Japan, Korea, and Taiwan; and JGC, formerly known as Japanese Gasoline Corporation and now an engineering company that builds LNG facilities.

In October 2014, the license was approved.

In May 2017 the terminal was in the independent environmental assessment process, which was being led by the BC Environmental Assessment Office. The project was cancelled in September of 2017, however, when Aurora LNG backed out of the plan, saying the current economy did not support a large LNG operation on Digby Island.

In December 2017, the project backers applied to have their export license revoked, as a result of their "strategic decision to end the Aurora LNG feasibility study and cease all investigation activity."

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