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July 2008
83.3%
Overall

The overall project status is 83.3% complete (99.4% complete for offshore and 80.9% complete for onshore.)

Canaport LNG is working with contractors SNC-CENMC, G.P., a partnership between SNC-Lavalin of Montreal, Quebec, and Saipem S.p.A. of Milan, Italy, and Kiewit-Weeks-Sandwell Partnership, a consortium of Peter Kiewit Sons Co of St. John's, Newfoundland; Weeks Marine of Cranford, New Jersey; and Sandwell Engineering of Vancouver, British Columbia.


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Natural gas liquefaction dates back to the 19th century, when British chemist and physicist Michael Faraday experimented with liquefying different types of gases, including natural gas. German engineer Karl van Linde built the first practical compressor refrigerator machine in Munich in 1873. Using this compressor technology, the first LNG plant in North America was built in West Virginia in 1912, while the first commercial liquefaction plant was built in Ohio, in 1941.

Since natural gas was discovered in New Brunswick in 1859, Canada has become an important participant in the global gas industry. Since 1947, Canadian-marketed gas production rose from less than 1 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day (Bcf/d) to more than 16 Bcf/d.

Canaport LNG will become the first LNG regassification plant in Canada
and the first facility of its kind
constructed on the East Coast
of North America in decades.

 

CanaPort - LNG Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - Irving Oil Limited And Repsol YPF