Watson Island LNG Terminal
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Watson Island LNG Terminal is a cancelled (inferred 4 y) LNG export terminal in Canada.
Location
Table 1: Location details
| Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Watson Island LNG Terminal | Prince Rupert, Kaien Island, British Columbia, Canada[1] | 54.312194, -130.327083 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Island LNG Terminal | export[1] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | 1 mtpa[1] | 1.0 mtpa | False | – |
Table 3: Cost
| Name | Facility type | Cost | Total known terminal costs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Island LNG Terminal | export[1] | – | – |
Financing
No financing data available.
Table 4: Project timeline
| Name | Facility type | Status | Proposal year | FID year | Construction year | Operating year | Inactive year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Island LNG Terminal | export[1] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | – | – | – | – | 2018 (cancelled) |
Ownership
Table 5: Ownership
| Name | Facility type | Status | Owners | Parent companies | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watson Island LNG Terminal | export[1] | cancelled (inferred 4 y) | Watson Island LNG Corp[2] | Watson Island LNG Corp | – |
Background
Watson Island LNG Terminal was a proposed LNG export terminal in British Columbia, Canada.[3]
"The Watson Island LNG Corporation formed in 2014 to pursue three natural gas-based projects in northern BC: a polypropylene (plastics) manufacturing facility, an LNG export facility, and a propane export facility. The proposed LNG facility would produce one million metric tons of LNG per year. The City of Prince Rupert entered an exclusivity agreement with the project backer in 2014 to site the facility on Watson Island near Port Edward. But before the city can complete the sale, it must settle a lawsuit over the title to the lands. The City must also remediate industrial chemicals at the site, a $50 million undertaking. There has been no significant news on the project since 2014. In fact, the project’s website is no longer online. However, the project backer has not confirmed a project cancellation," according to the Sightline Institute's 2018 report, "Update: Mapping BC’s LNG Proposals."[4]
Because there have been no development updates since 2014, the project is presumed to be cancelled as of 2018.
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 1.5 http://www.sightline.org/research_item/maps-british-columbia-lng-proposals/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/17072014/wilng_to_build_small_lng_export_terminal_on_watson_island_1005/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Watson Island LNG Terminal, Company, accessed April 2017
- ↑ "Update: Mapping BC's LNG Proposals" Sightline Institute, January 2018
