First Nations equity stake in PRGT won’t necessarily prevent opposition to the project
The dust has not yet settled on the $14.5 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline construction project, and regulators are turning their attention to another multibillion-dollar B.C. natural gas pipeline proposal.
A fairly significant route change at the westernmost end of the 900-kilometre pipeline is needed, so the project is now the subject of a BC EAO “mini environmental assessment,” which includes a one-month public comment period that started August 1. “I think just like every other project in B.C. now, it’s all going to come down to whether or not they can get the provincial government to address Aboriginal issues,” said Ellis Ross, BC United’s MLA for Skeena and former chief of the Haisla First Nation, which is the majority owner of the Cedar LNG project.
The pipeline “crosses Gitanyow Nation territories, creating conflicts,” the chiefs said in the release, adding: “This development poses environmental risks and challenges to Indigenous sovereignty in British Columbia.” When the PRGT project received its environmental certificate in 2014, it was owned by TC Energy and was tied to the Malaysian oil and gas giant Petronas’ Pacific NorthWest LNG project, which was proposed for Lelu Island near Prince Rupert. When Petronas abandoned the venture in 2017, the associated PRGT pipeline project became dormant.
On August 1, Western LNG announced it had selected Bechtel, an American engineering and construction company, to build the pipeline. Betchel has built pipelines in Alaska, Peru, Egypt and Australia, and the associated pipeline network for the Sabine Pass LNG complex in the U.S.
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