The Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline Corporation, partners in the development of the proposed Cedar LNG Project, are pleased to announce the signing of a heads of agreement (HOA) with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) and Black & Veatch. Cedar LNG is a proposed floating LNG (FLNG) facility in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada, within the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation.
The HOA provides Cedar LNG, on an exclusive basis with SHI and Black & Veatch, secure access to shipyard capacity to meet Cedar LNG’s target commercial operations date. The parties expect to finalize a lump sum engineering, procurement, and construction agreement in December of this year.
“This exclusive relationship with SHI and Black & Veatch to lock in shipyard capacity for the construction of the Cedar LNG FLNG vessel is a major step forward for our project,” said Doug Arnell, Cedar LNG chief executive officer. “Through this agreement we are accessing expertise in the construction and delivery of FLNG production vessels, which, together with renewable power from the BC Hydro grid, will result in a facility with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world.”
This agreement builds further momentum for the Cedar LNG project and follows receipt of all major regulatory approvals and the signing of memorandums of understanding for long-term liquefaction services with investment grade counterparties for the project’s total LNG capacity.
Target final investment decision (FID) continues to be by the end of 2023, however, given the complexity and sequencing of aligning the multiple work streams, which are required to facilitate project financing, Cedar LNG said that FID may move into early 2024. The project is expected to begin commercial operations in 2027.
