LNG Canada selects GE Oil & Gas technology for Kitimat LNG export facility

LNG Canada Development has selected GE Oil & Gas LMS100-PB dry low emission (DLE) aeroderivative gas turbine for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.

LNG Canada is a joint venture of Shell Canada Energy and affiliates of PetroChina, Korea Gas and Mitsubishi.

The proposed facility will initially feature two LNG processing units, each with the capacity to produce six million tonnes of LNG per year.

TransCanada will own, operate and construct the project, which has an option to expand to four trains in the future.

The facility is estimated to have a greenhouse gas emission intensity of around 0.15 tonne CO2e/tonne LNG produced.

Natural gas turbines will minimise fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions for the liquefaction process.

GE will also provide vertically and horizontally split centrifugal compressor technologies for the facility.

LNG Canada Development CEO Andy Calitz said: "The decision to power our facility with highly efficient natural gas turbines and compressors in combination with renewable electricity reflects our commitment to listen to and act on feedback from our stakeholders, when possible.

"LNG Canada’s vision is to work collaboratively with First Nations, the local community and stakeholders to deliver a project that is safe, reliable and reflective of community interests."

The proposed facility will be located on 350ha to 400ha of land in the industrial area of Kitimat, which Shell and its co-venture companies purchased in late 2011.

The British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office has recently accepted LNG Canada’s application for an environmental assessment certificate for the facility.