The board “recognizes that not all the projects are going to go that are applied for,” the person said. The increase is a “drop in the bucket” relative to Canada’s technically recoverable resource base and is unlikely to affect the permitting process, a person familiar with the board’s thinking said. It wants Exxon, for example, to run numbers assuming Canada’s yearly demand grows at a faster clip than levels forecast in its export application, adding 20% to corporate estimates. The board, in separate information requests sent last week to BG, Exxon and Petronas, has told the companies to conduct a “sensitivity analysis” assessing Canadian gas needs. Those plans appear to be testing limits set by the NEB, which judges applications against several criteria, including forecast Canadian demand. Shell, by comparison, has approval to export up to 3.2 bcf/d from its LNG Canada project at Kitimat. and Syncrude Canada Ltd., today burn roughly 1.3 bcf/d and purchase another 0.65 bcf/d in the market, the trade group said. IGCAA members, who include energy giants Suncor Energy Inc. Gas used by oil sands companies and petrochemical plants in Alberta is growing at a “significant” pace, the IGCAA said.īy 2020, the oil sands alone could burn roughly three bcf/d, up from about 1.2 bcf/d today, according to Ziff Energy Group. Exxon and others have accused the chemical maker of protectionism. The chemical maker, through an advocacy group called America’s Energy Advantage, has waged a protracted battle over LNG exports against companies such as Exxon.ĭow, which runs a sprawling petrochemical complex northeast of Edmonton, argues such proposals undermine the benefits of the U.S.

The complaint mirrors objections raised by Midland, Mich.-based Dow in the U.S. Member companies are concerned about the impact an export permit sought by Petronas may have on future gas supplies for domestic use, throughputs and tolls on existing pipelines on the Alberta system, the group said. shale gas to meet future industrial demand in Alberta. IGCAA, in a submission filed this week with the board, said it is counting on B.C.

“Although one may assume that not all of these projects (or any of them) will proceed, the should not make this assumption when issuing licenses.” “It is plain to see on the surface of this issue that an unconstrained approach to issuing export licenses for serving LNG markets has the potential to exceed the current total production of” Western Canada, Greig Sproule, executive director of the Industrial Gas Consumers Association of Alberta, said in an emailed statement. and political promises of billions in new government revenue. The moves may throw up new roadblocks to obtaining export permits, frustrating an expected construction boom in B.C.

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