Huge LNG Expansion to use Chinese Steel - Not Canadian

KITIMAT - LNG Canada will once again use Chinese steel - not Canadian - for the "specialized fabrication capability" it says it requires for its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, British Columbia.

When the proposed expansion led the list of early projects referred to the new federal Major Projects Office in September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters these ambitious building projects would be "at the heart of our new, comprehensive Buy Canadian policy".

So much for that promise!

In fact, LNG Canada will buy more components from the state-owned China Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd. (COOEC), which also manufactured its first two liquified natural gas processing units, known as trains, now in operation (see the photo). LNG Canada is adding two more trains for a total of four on the site, increasing its production from 14 to 28 megatonnes per year once Phase 2 construction is complete, likely in the early 2030s.
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