LNG Canada FID Raises Hopes For Country’s Beleaguered Energy Sector
Two-train facility and $6.2 billion pipeline represent the single largest private sector investment project in Canadian history.
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Markham Hislop is a senior energy journalist based in Western Canada who reports and writes about a wide variety of energy issues in the United States and Canada. His speciality is analyzing the "energy transition," especially the competition between oil/natural gas and emerging clean energy technologies.
Two-train facility and $6.2 billion pipeline represent the single largest private sector investment project in Canadian history.
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