Metlakatla First Nation pens two LNG benefits agreements

Metlakatla First Nation signed two benefits agreements with British Columbia government in regards to TranCanada’s Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline and Spectra’s proposed Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission pipeline.

Metlakatla First Nation received an initial payment of $430,000 related to the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line, and would receive two separate payments of just over $1 million as construction starts and when the natural gas line goes into service, B.C. government’s statement reveals.

Under the agreement with Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission project, the First Nation has received an initial payment of $390,000, and would receive $975,000 as construction starts and an equal amount as the line goes into service.

First Nations along each natural gas pipeline route will also share $10 million a year in ongoing benefits, stands in the statement.

The benefits agreements additionally increase the First Nations’ access to skill training and other LNG opportunities.

The PGRT  is proposing to design, build, own and operate a 900-kilometre natural gas pipeline to deliver natural gas from a point near Hudson’s Hope to the proposed Pacific NorthWest LNG facility at Lelu Island, off the coast of Port Edward, near Prince Rupert.

The Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission project is an 850-kilometre pipeline that would bring natural gas from production areas in Northeast British Columbia to BG Canada’s proposed LNG export facility on Ridley Island, according to Prince Rupert LNG’s website

LNG World News Staff