Chris Cooper has been named president and chief executive officer (CEO) of LNG Canada, effective April 1, 2025. Cooper succeeds Jason Klien, who will return to Shell.
Cooper currently serves as LNG Canada’s senior vice president for Phase 1 Pipeline and Expansion. He has more than 35 years of experience in the energy sector. He joined Shell in 1998 and has held leadership roles in upstream, downstream, and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Prior to becoming the senior vice president, Phase 1 Pipeline & Expansions at LNG Canada, cooper was the venture director for Oman Gas and development director for Shell’s Nigeria LNG Train 7.
One of the largest private investments in Canadian history, LNG Canada is a long-life asset with a 40-year export license that will initially produce 14 MTPA of LNG for export with plans to double its capacity to 28 MTPA with a proposed Phase 2 expansion. It is located in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation. It will initially consist of two LNG processing trains. The project remains on track to ship first cargoes by the middle of 2025.
LNG Canada is a joint venture comprised of Shell plc, through its affiliate Shell Canada Energy (40%); PETRONAS, through its wholly-owned entity, North Montney LNG Limited Partnership (25%); PetroChina Company Limited, through its subsidiary PetroChina Kitimat LNG Partnership (15%); Mitsubishi Corporation, through its subsidiary Diamond LNG Canada Partnership (15%); and Korea Gas Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Kogas Canada LNG Partnership (5%). It is operated through LNG Canada Development Inc.
