The Canadian National Energy Board (NEB or Board) has approved applications for 25-year gas export licences to export LNG to:
- Prince Rupert LNG for 21.6 Mt/year and a maximum term amount of 592 Mt,
- Pacific NorthWest LNG for 19.68 Mt/year and a maximum term amount of 555 Mt,
- WCC LNG for 30 Mt/year and a maximum term amount of 800 Mt,
- Woodfibre LNG for 2.1 Mt/year a maximum term amount of 60.4 Mt.
Issuance of the licences to export LNG is subject to the approval of the Governor in Council.
Prince Rupert LNG is a 19 Mt/year proposed liquefaction facility developed by BG Group (100%) and expected to be commissioned in 2020. Pacific NorthWest LNG is a proposed 16 Mt/year liquefaction project, developed by Petronas (87%) and Japex (10%), planned by 2018. WCC LNG will have a liquefaction capacity of 40 Mt/year (project developed by ExxonMobil and Imperial Oil on a 50-50 basis) as of 2021, while Woodfibre LNG, a wholly-owned project of Pacific Oil, will liquefy 2.8 Mt/year as of 2021.