Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal
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Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal, also known as GNL Québec Terminal, is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG export terminal in Canada.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal | Port Saguenay, Quebec, Canada[1] | 48.4014153, -70.8309756 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the terminal:
Project Details
Table 2: Infrastructure details
| Name | Facility type | Status | Capacity | Total terminal capacity | Offshore | Associated infrastructure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal | export[2] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | 11 mtpa[2] | 11.0 mtpa | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal | export[2] | US$7,200,000,000[1] | US$7,200,000,000 |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal | export[2] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | 2014[1] | – | – | –[1][1] | 2025 (cancelled) |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal | export[2] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | GNL Quebec Inc [100%][2][3] | Breyer Capital LLC [50.0%]; Freestone International LLC [50.0%] | – |
Background
GNL Quebec had been developing the Énergie Saguenay Project since 2014, involving the construction of a natural gas liquefaction complex at Port Saguenay. The goal was to export 11 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year, sourced from western Canada. The Project included liquefaction equipment, storage facilities, and marine shipping infrastructures. The Project was worth an estimated US$7.2 billion and was slated to start operations in 2025. GNL Quebec aimed to build the world’s first LNG facility of such magnitude to be powered by hydroelectricity from a preexisting local grid. The LNG complex would be installed on lands belonging to the Administration portuaire de Saguenay (Saguenay Port Authority), adjacent to the existing Grande-Anse port facilities. Natural gas supply would have required a new gas pipeline, called the Energie Saguenay Gas Pipeline, linking the facility to the main transportation system in northeastern Ontario, making it possible to source gas from western Canada. Gazoduq inc. was the company developing the new infrastructure.[4] A strategic partnership, with a view to future shipments of LNG from Canada to Europe, was formed between GNL Québec and the Hanseatic Energy Hub, the owners of the proposed Stade LNG Terminal near Hamburg in Germany.[5]
There had been no progress on the project since 2014, and in March 2020 Berkshire Hathaway announced that it would not be investing roughly $3 billion in the project. According to media reports, the Berkshire Hathaway decision was linked to rail blockades opposing pipeline construction in British Columbia.[6]
The project was effectively cancelled in July 2021 when the provincial government rejected the project, citing that developers had failed to prove that it would cut global greenhouse gas emissions.[7]
In February 2022, Canada's federal cabinet formally rejected the project.[8]
In June 2022, Canadian firm Symbio Infrastructure signed a deal with Ukraine's oil and gas company Naftogaz to supply the latter with LNG and green hydrogen from the Energie Saguenay project.[9]
As of September 2024, there have been no project updates in over two years, with the project having been denied a government permit in 2022. The project is inferred to be shelved.
As of June 2025, there have been no project updates in over four years, and the project is inferred to be cancelled.
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of LNG terminals, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20170206215259/http://energiesaguenay.com/en/project/project-summary/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://www.transmissionhub.com/articles/2015/12/canadian-agency-reviews-application-for-energie-saguenay-lng-project-in-quebec.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.naturalgasintel.com/u-s-investors-seek-lng-export-license-for-quebec-terminal/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Project Summary" Energie Sanuenay, accessed April 2019
- ↑ Anthony Wright, "Low-carbon supply chain for LNG from Canada to Germany announced", Gas World, Jun. 4, 2021
- ↑ Alison Healey, "Berkshire Hathaway Drops Canadian LNG Project," The Motley Fool, March 6, 2020
- ↑ Gordon Jaremko, Quebec Quashes Energie Saguenay LNG Terminal on Environmental Grounds, Natural Gas Intel, July 22, 2021
- ↑ "Canada formally rejects Energie Saguenay's 1–4 bcf/d LNG export proposal for Quebec". Retrieved 2022-02-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ LNG Prime Staff (2022-06-13). "Symbio inks deal to deliver Canadian LNG and hydrogen to Ukraine's Naftogaz". LNG Prime. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
