Kitimat LNG’s partners are hoping to receive the final ruling in the coming weeks on the British Columbia project’s export licence.
Randall Eresman, chief executive of 30% shareholder Encana, said the hearing before Canada’s National Energy Board has now been completed.
Operator Apache of the US, with a 40% stake, is targeting a 2015 start-up of the first 5 million tonnes per annum train with expansion boosting capacity to 10 million tpa.