Clark Government Unveils LNG Plans
Friday, February 3, 2012 @ 10:05 AM
Prince George, B.C. – Premier Christy Clark today announced British Columbia’s natural gas strategy will be established on a foundation of four priorities for long-term economic prosperity under the BC Jobs Plan.
"We are creating new and exciting opportunities by diversifying our natural gas sector, strengthening job prospects for British Columbians and opening the door to new clean energy projects. My government is positioning liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a cornerstone of British Columbia’s long-term economic success," said Premier Clark.
The Natural Gas Strategy and a complementary strategy focusing specifically on the development of a brand-new LNG sector, were released today by Clark at BCIT. Their four priorities commit the province to:
- Greater emphasis on market diversification to increase the value of B.C.’s natural gas.
- Support job creation together with industry, educators and communities.
- Continued strong leadership on clean energy and climate change moving forward.
- A redefinition of the Province’s self-sufficiency policy to ensure B.C. is well-positioned to power expansion
The Province’s strategy will ultimately support job creation and economic opportunity. Over the next five years, job openings are expected to increase as a result of growth in the natural gas sector and the emergence of a LNG industry.
Development of LNG is expected to produce approximately $20 billion in new private sector investment. This investment will create 800 new long-term jobs for British Columbians working in LNG facilities and up to 9,000 more jobs during construction.
Indirectly, growth and a new LNG industry will support thousands of spin-off jobs in the fields of transportation, engineering, construction and environmental management.
British Columbia will be home to the world`s first LNG export facilities that use clean energy. BC LNG Douglas Channel and Kitimat LNG will access clean energy from the Province’s existing grid. As new infrastructure is built and the industry expands, future energy needs will be served by local, clean energy, with B.C.’s natural gas used to support energy reliability if required. Discussions are underway now with LNG proponents to assess power requirements for future projects.
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Chrispy Clark’s new slogan :
Lets Get Fracking !
Great. Another thing for the enviro’s to whine about.
It would be a good time to go to Harbour Master school. The Douglas Channel is going to be a very busy shipping lane in the future.
**Future energy needs will be served by local clean energy**
Would this **local** clean energy come from additional output from Rio Tinto Alcan’s Kemano Project.?????
With all that LNG in Kitimat, there won’t be much room for an oil/bituman export terminal. I think this announcement will allow the Liberals to claim to be pro-business to fend off the right, and allow them to reject Gateway to keep away the left.
So what about the carbon tax Christy? What a laugh riot. Does not anyone else on this site see the irony in this, amazing. I guess you are all happy to keep paying into the scam.
Why heck, this is way better than Enbridge’s pipeline, assuming that fracking for natural gas doesn’t get the environmental kibosh it probably deserves. At least we can sell a BC product and spills are no longer such a worry. Mind you, an explosion of a LNG carrier would be rather nasty.
Hey, maybe all the jobs will come from widening Douglas channel!
Hey … if it is carbon tax it must be seamutt … LOL
I like the NLG story, but why not generate the power from natural gas as well? The idea of using hydro to make lng, therefore it is environmentally clean is a farce. The world is waking up to the carbon scam. I had hoped BC could move beyond the carbon economy fantasy with the exit of Campbell. Wake up Liberals, that horse is dead.
So how long will it take our gas rates to move up to meet these new higher world market prices? You don’t think we will pay less than world market values do you?
BTW-how much longer do we have to pay this bogus carbon tax?
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