Woodfibre LNG lets contract to Linde for liquefaction plant

Woodfibre LNG Ltd., a subsidiary of energy resources development company Pacific Oil & Gas, let The Linde Group a contract to provide engineering and procurement services for its 2.1-million tonne/year liquefaction plant in the District of Squamish near Vancouver, BC.

The new plant will use Linde's proprietary multi-stage mixed refrigerant Limum process technology. Woodfibre LNG will begin construction next year to have the plant operational by 2017, pending regulatory approvals.

Woodfibre LNG last year received permission from Canada’s National Energy Board to export volumes up to the plant’s full capacity for 25 years. Target markets include Japan, China, and South Korea (OGJ, Apr. 7, 2014, p. 120).