It takes a village...to build a mega project
Michael Jordan said it best. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
Without a doubt, I’ve had the privilege to play with the best team in LNG Canada.
Should our Joint Venture Participants (JVPs) make a final investment decision to build a plant to liquefy natural gas for export—which I hope will happen later in 2018—the LNG Canada project will be the largest energy or infrastructure investment project ever built in Canada. It will be a project of national significance that opens up a new industry and new markets for Canadian natural gas.
Today, Canada’s top 100 infrastructure projects together account for $199 billion. The two largest of these, the Bruce Power and Darlington nuclear refurbishment projects in Ontario, were valued at $13 billion and $12.8 billion respectively.
LNG Canada’s estimate for construction of the project along the full value chain - upstream gas development, the CGL pipeline, the two train LNG plant, the port in Kitimat, and LNG ships is closer to $40 billion - placing us in a mega-project category of one.And we could not have done this on our own. Here’s just a sample of who has been helping us get this far.
Safety during Construction
WorkSafeBC is helping us to live up to our aspiration of being the Safest Project on Earth.
Bringing natural gas to Kitimat
TransCanada Pipeline—with its track-record for safe, stable gas transmission networks— will build the 670-km Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Green Power
BC Hydro is providing green power to help us achieve among the lowest carbon emissions of any LNG plant operating in the world today.
Community Support
Rio Tinto provided land for our project and the District of Kitimat has welcomed us with open arms.
Seaspan’s joint venture with Haisla, HaiSea, could competitively power our escort and harbor tugs, and demonstrates what can happen when industry and First Nations work closely together.
Environmental Permits
The regulators Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, BC's Environmental Assessment Office, Oil and Gas Commission and National Energy Board have held our project to the highest standards to ensure the safe export and transport of natural gas in its liquid form.
Construction
In 2016, when our JVPs delayed the project due to prevailing market forces, we seized the opportunity to go back to market to identify an Engineering, Procurement and Construction partner. We recently awarded the team of JGC and Fluor that contract (pending FID).
Workforce
Industry Training Authority, BC Construction Association, Independent Contractors and Business Association, and the trade unions that represent skilled workers across British Columbia will help us build the project with British Columbian and Canadian labour.
Technology
We couldn’t have achieved a project that ranks among the lowest CO2 emissions without GE, and the use of its high-efficient gas turbines to drive the liquefaction process.
Together, we have set the bar for mega-project delivery including new, innovative ways to contribute to the natural gas sector, while generating significant commercial value for our partners.
We have demonstrated how an LNG project can cut its CO2 intensity in half, share benefits with First Nations and host communities, differentiate itself through workforce development programs and become the Project of Choice for governments.
To everyone who’s making this mega project a reality, thank you.
Project Delivery Specialist
6 年Keep and help those accountable on the project chain from start to finish, Be willing to invest upfront?to ensure right training competencies in all functions and that include all Contractors and Sub Contractors is maintained (Try out Digitization tools)?. Decide which?Partner and EPC?Execution model is being followed?upfront and?follow it at all through parts and locations through to ensure stick it to the end . Look forward to start of a great Project!!!
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Senior Construction Director
6 年Andy, I had the pleasure of working with your team on LNG Canada as part of the CFSW joint venture. It was a tremendous experience that I rate as one of the highlights of my career. My introductory words to the Implementation Contractors at our Market Intelligence Workshop in Calgary compared the engineering, construction and successful startup of Canada’s first LNG facility to the challenge of building the railway across Canada. Canadians have the smarts, ingenuity, work ethic and commitment to make the project successful. I wish you and your team all the best in obtaining a positive FID in 2018. Let’s get this built!
Advancing industry partnerships to produce clean and reliable energy
6 年Best wishes to Andy and his team. Long road ahead. Strategically important for Canadian energy sector to diversify routes to market.