Canada in talks with Repsol, Pieridae Energy about LNG export terminals -minister
06/05/2022 19:40
By Nia Williams
May 6 (Reuters) - The Canadian government is in discussion
with the companies behind two proposed east coast liquefied
natural gas (LNG) export facilities to see how it can speed up
the projects and help boost supply to Europe, Natural Resources
Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told Reuters on Friday.
Wilkinson said the government was looking at Spanish company
Repsol's REP.MC LNG facility in New Brunswick and the Goldboro
LNG facility in Nova Scotia proposed by Pieridae Energy
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Ottawa has held talks with European countries about ways to
boost energy exports to the continent after Russia's invasion of
Ukraine upended oil and gas supplies. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N2VR1Z6 However,
Canada, the world's sixth-largest natural gas producer, does not
have any east coast LNG facilities and only one under
construction on its west coast.
"We are looking at Goldboro and Repsol's projects and
discussing these with the proponents and with German and
European counterparts," Wilkinson said in an interview.
"We are looking at whether there are things we can do to
expedite one or more of the projects in a manner that's
consistent with environmental considerations and a long-term
transition to a lower-carbon future."
Neither company immediately responded to requests for
comment.
(Reporting by Nia Williams
Editing by Denny Thomas and Leslie Adler)
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