Petronas, British Columbia reach LNG project terms
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VANCOUVER, May 21, 2015 – Petronas-led consortium Pacific NorthWest LNG has agreed a preliminary deal with British Columbia on taxes and royalties for a proposed C$36 billion ($30 billion) LNG project, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
Agreements covering project development and royalties make clear the long-term costs and obligations the Malaysian company will face should it proceed. The Canadian province and Pacific NorthWest stated that the deal sets a path toward forging a final investment decision on the project.
Proposed development plans include the construction of an export terminal, a natural gas pipeline and gas field development. The previous week, a British Columbia aboriginal community whose lands overlap the site of the planned terminal rejected almost $1 billion in compensation from Pacific NorthWest.
The agreement is one of 19 LNG projects proposed in British Columbia to chill and ship western Canadian natural gas to Asia.
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