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BC Hydro and Woodfibre LNG reps questioned
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FEDERAL MINISTER TA C K E D ’ O R ‘ I C O N ’ LO G O C O RREVEALS P O R AT E / N O N - M A S T H E A D / S O C I A L M E D I A AMBITION TO TRIPLE WOODFIBRE LNG CAPACITY Energy minister Tim Hodgson told investors that Woodfibre LNG has ambitions to double and triple its size—raising critics’ fears that the project could act as a ‘regulatory Trojan horse’
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wners of Woodfibre LNG, are seeking to massively expand the facility’s size, according to Canada’s federal energy minister. The company is officially permitted to produce 2.1 million tonnes of liquefied gas per year, but federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson recently revealed the
Modules arrive at Woodfibre LNG on March 17.
project’s scale could grow significantly beyond its current permits. “I know Woodfibre has ambitions to double and triple the size of their production,” Hodgson said.
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Hodgson made the comments March 24 at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas—an event billed by S&P Global as the “world’s premier energy conference.” Later posted online in a podcast, his remarks
have since prompted a backlash from critics who say Woodfibre appears to be a “regulatory Trojan horse” designed to bypass a full
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