Bear Paw Pipeline, a unit of Australia-based LNG Limited, has received Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approval to construct a 62.5 km natural gas pipeline from Goldboro to the proposed Bear Head LNG export facility in Canada.
Bear Paw would interconnect the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline (M&NP) mainline, offshore gas, and other supplies near Goldboro Nova Scotia, to the 8 mtpa Bear Head LNG export facility.
The Goldboro to Point Tupper pipeline will connect Bear Head LNG to the North American natural gas pipeline network.
“ Bear Paw’s pipeline is integral to the development of Bear Head LNG ,” LNG Limited’s CEO and President of Bear Paw, Greg Vesey said in a statement on Wednesday..
“ The Permit to Construct is an important regulatory component. We are putting all the elements in place to develop a successful liquefied natural gas export facility on Cape Breton Island and the pipeline is a strategic and critical element .”
Expenditures for construction of the pipeline would commence only after financial close of the Bear Head LNG project, the statement reads.