Canada’s first LNG export plant celebrates 10th cargo departure

September 3, 2025, by Dragana Nikše

Canada’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia (B.C.), operated by U.K.-headquartered energy giant Shell, has marked its tenth cargo sailaway.

Maran Gas Roxana en route to Kitimat; Source: LNG Canada

According to LNG Canada, the milestone took place on September 2, two months after the first LNG car g o was achieved. Petronas’ shipment destined for Japan departed the LNG Canada facility on July 7 aboard the 174,000-cubic-meter (cbm) LNG vessel Puteri Sejinjang.

Located on Canada’s west coast, the facility exports LNG from two processing units or trains with a total capacity of 14 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) for Phase 1. The plant’s greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity is said to be about 60% below the global average.

A Phase 2 expansion would increase the facility’s processing, storage, and shipping capabilities with two additional trains. While the project’s five joint venture (JV) participants are exploring pathways to a Phase 2, no final investment decision (FID) has been made yet.

Having assumed the same role for Phase 1, a JV between Fluor Corporation and JGC Holdings Corporation was recently awarded a contract to update the front-end engineering and design (FEED) for potential Phase 2.

Fluor–JGC JV picks up FEED job for Canadian LNG plant’s expansion

Project & Tenders

Shell, PetroChina, KOGAS, Mitsubishi and Petronas are partners in the project, with Shell being the operator and 40% interest owner. Petronas holds a 25% equity holding in the project, through its wholly owned entity North Montney LNG Limited Partnership.