The Pacific Energy Corp.-led Woodfibre LNG project reached a major construction milestone with the safe arrival of the first seven LNG modules to the facility site. The hardware delivered comprises pipe rack modules transported by heavy cargo vessel Biglift Baffin and are the first large-scale modular components to arrive at the site for installation.
Woodfibre LNG CEO Luke Schauerte called the arrival of the modules “a significant step forward” in diversifying Canada’s energy export market.
The project’s pipe rack modules will support the piping that will carry LNG volumes post liquefaction to the facility’s floating storage tanks. From there, the volumes will be moved onto carriers for delivery to various markets.
The modules are offloaded to a new dock constructed to handle heavy-load delivery during the construction phase. Following offloading, the modules will be transported and installed at their final location.
Woodfibre confirmed that 19 modules are due to arrive at the project site throughout the rest of 2025 and into 2026. Future arrivals will range in size from a 126-tonne pipe rack to a football field-sized, 11,000-tonne liquefaction unit.
Modules are being constructed at QMW McDermott Fabrication Yard in Qingdao, China.
Canada currently has four LNG plants serving the domestic market in addition to import facilities in Saint John, New Brunswick, and Port of Hamilton, Ontario. Woodfibre is one of the country’s handful of export facilities under development in British Columbia, including LNG Canada in Kitimat , Ksi Lisims LNG, Tilbury, and Cedar.
The Woodfibre LNG project will produce 2.1 mpta of LNG for export and is being built near the community of Squamish on the traditional territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). The facility will also boast 250,000 m3 of floating storage capacity.
Woodfibre LNG is owned by Woodfibre LNG Limited Partnership, which is made up of Pacific Energy Corp. (Canada) Ltd. (operator, 70%) and Enbridge, which holds the remaining 30% stake.
According to the partnership, current work at the facility site includes backfilling and grading of the site, concrete pouring, installation of rock anchors and onshore casing advancement for the floating storage tank mooring structures. Onsite construction on the project began in September 2023.
The Woodfibre LNG facility is due to come online in 2027.
