Andrew Duffy, Times Colonist, April 19, 2013

Victoria businessman David Black has taken a major step forward in fulfilling his dream of an oil refinery built on B.C.’s west coast after making a deal that could be worth billions of dollars with a major bank in China.

Michael Smyth, The Province, March 22, 2013

Note: Within hours of this article appearing on the Province's website, it was "disappeared" without explanation. This version was obtained from the Google cache.

While B.C. newspaper publisher David Black pursues his audacious dream of a massive oil refinery on the province’s North Coast, a pre-election political scrap has flared up around the plan.

Robin Rowland, NW Coast Energy News, March 21 2013

The announcement Monday that the federal government intends to turn the private port of Kitimat into a public port, an announcement confirmed by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver in Terrace, Tuesday, came as a surprise to Rio Tinto Alcan, which now operates the port.

Peter Tertzakian, The Globe and Mail, Feb. 05 2013

“No one goes there nowadays,” said Yogi Berra. “It’s too crowded.”

Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, February 7, 2013

The Canadian oil and gas industry is asking Ottawa for subsidies that could be worth $2 billion in tax savings to encourage the development of liquefied natural gas plants in British Columbia.

Jeff Lewis, National Post, Feb 1 2013

CALGARY — Chevron Corp. is taking a hard line with Asian utilities and other potential buyers seeking cheaper prices on exports of liquefied natural gas from Canada’s West Coast, warning that unless sales are indexed to oil prices “the projects won’t get built.”

Nathan VanderKlippe, The Globe and Mail, Dec. 24 2012

A struggling natural gas export project on the British Columbia coast is on the cusp of being built after Chevron Corp. agreed to take over as operator of Kitimat LNG.

Ben Lefevre, Wall Street Journal, October 21, 2012

Transport Canada, 20 Feb 2012

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4. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, Feb. 23, 2012

Robin Rowland, North Coast Energy News, February 2, 2012

The National Energy Board has approved a 20-year-export licence for Kitimat’s second LNG project, known as BC LNG. A NEB news release says:

Malcolm Baxter, Kitimat Sentinel, December 16, 2011

The Coastal First Nations Great Bear Initiative (CFN) say one of the redeeming features of liquefied natural gas exports is that in China it will be used largely to replace coal, “the greatest emitter of greenhouse gases on the planet.”

Rich Coleman and Vaughn Palmer, Voice of BC, Oct 27, 2011

Minister of Energy, Mines and Housing talks to Vaughn Palmer about an array of interesting topics about electricity, natural gas, shale gas, mining, smart meters, carbon neutrality, deferral accounts, BC's GHG.
 

By GORDON HAMILTON, Vancouver Sun, October 20, 2011

Royal Dutch Shell has purchased the old Methanex plant site at Kitimat, moving one step closer to building its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to access Asian markets.

By Vaughn Palmer, Vancouver Sun, October 17, 2011

NEB approval grabs attention of would-be operators of Oregon's Coos Bay terminal

By Gordon Hamilton, Vancouver Sun, October 13, 2011

NEB’s okay opens new markets for Canadian natural gas

VANCOUVER — The National Energy Board has granted a 20-year licence to export liquid natural gas to KM LNG, the consortium with plans to build a liquid natural gas terminal at Kitimat, marking another step toward the construction of a $4.5 billion LNG terminal on B.C.’s west coast.

By Jeff Lewis, Alberta Oil, October 07, 2011

Enbridge is the latest company to show interest in export scheme

By Malcolm Baxter, Kitimat Northern Sentinel, September 23, 2011

There are still a few hurdles to clear, but Apache Canada president Tim Wall is betting construction on the KM LNG plant will start in mid-2012.

And in the meantime prep work on the Beese Cove site will continue so that “we’ll be ready whenever our construction crews are ready.”

WENDY STUECK, Globe and Mail, Jul. 19, 2011

Rio Tinto Alcan has proposed finishing a tunnel that was bored about halfway of its intended distance as part of the Kemano Completion Project, which the provincial government killed in 1995 over environmental concerns.

By Dinakar Sethuraman, Bloomberg.com, June 7, 2011

The company may give approval for the 5 million metric-ton facility early next year after getting final sales agreements this year, Perth-based Mate' Parentich, general manager of LNG marketing at Apache, said at the Asia Oil and Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur today.

By Moming Zhou, Bloomberg.com, May 11, 2011

Crude’s biggest premium to natural gas is boosting the allure of shipping gas from North America to international buyers saddled with a 40-year-old system that links the fuel to the cost of oil.

Tamsin Carlisle, The National (English journal based in Abu Dhabi, UAE), Mar 27, 2011

Two Canadian gas export projects have gained momentum, raising prospects for the long-awaited global gas market to emerge through new trade links across the Pacific.

By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, March 19, 2011

Environmentalists oppose moves to make British Columbia a gateway for oilsands barrels

Nathan VanderKlippe, Globe and Mail, February 7, 2011

A planned natural gas export terminal in northern British Columbia is moving closer to reality now that the project’s backers have bought out a key pipeline.