Huge LNG Project in BC Given Final Approval by Shareholders

(L-R) LNG Canada CEO Andy Calitz, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and B.C. Premier John Horgan during an LNG Canada news conference in Vancouver on Oct. 2, 2018. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

VANCOUVER—Investors have given final approval for a massive liquefied natural gas project in northern British Columbia.

The five partners have agreed to the $40-billion joint venture that includes a gas liquefaction plant in Kitimat on B.C.’s coast and a 670-kilometre pipeline delivering natural gas from the northeast corner of the province.