Bear Head LNG, the unit of the Perth-based LNG Limited, on Tuesday, received the Nova Scotia Environment’s approval for the greenhouse gas management plan for the liquefied natural gas facility on the Strait of Canso in Richmond County.
The GHG management plan provides Bear Head LNG’s strategy for managing GHG emissions through technology selection, the design of the facility, and operations, the company said in a statement.
Greg Vesey, managing director and CEO of LNG Limited and president of Bear Head LNG noted the project is using the company’s optimized single mixed refrigerant (OSMR) liquefaction technology which will “meet the new GHG performance standards that have been proposed by NSE”.
Bear Head LNG proposes to develop an 8 mtpa or greater liquefied natural gas export facility near Port Hawkesbury on a site permitted and partially developed a decade ago.
The facility will be supplied by a Bear Paw’s proposed 62.5 km gas pipeline lateral and the project is negotiating for gas supplies from Western and Central Canada, from offshore Nova Scotia, and from the abundant supplies available in the U.S.
Bear Head LNG is the first and only proposed Canadian LNG export facility to receive both the non‐FTA authority from DOE and all the initial regulatory approvals to commence project construction.