A year after shipping its first cargo of shale gas overseas, the US is looking to do the same for Canada. Cheniere Energy Inc. recently said that it’ll receive supplies from the Montney shale play, which straddles Alberta and British Columbia.
It’s part of the company’s strategy to tap into different supply basins after opening up its landmark LNG export terminal at Sabine Pass in Louisiana a year ago, with another due to start in Texas in 2019.
While several liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals have been proposed for Canada’s West Coast, they’ve been held up by protests from environmentalists and native groups.