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Ksi Lisims LNG

Proposed floating LNG export project with capacity of 12 million tonnes a year on Nisga'a Nation land at Pearse Island, BC, co-developed by the Nisga'a Nation, Rockies LNG and Houston-based Western LNG, with gas to come through the proposed Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline. It received its federal and provincial environmental approvals on September 15, 2025 and was referred to the federal Major Projects Office on November 13, 2025; no final investment decision had been taken by late September 2026. Announced buyers total 8 million tonnes a year: Shell (2, sale and purchase agreement finalized January 2024), TotalEnergies (2, May 2025, conditional on the investment decision), Uniper (2, signed July 2026, deliveries from 2032), and non-binding deals with SEFE (1, May 2026) and Santos (1, September 2026). None of the announced buyers is a US company, and Uniper's volumes can go to any destination.

Status

Approved

Direction

Tidewater: Reaches a coast, so Canada can sell to buyers other than the US.

Capacity

12 Mtpa

Where

British Columbia

Needs new laws?

Yes: part of the second wave, waiting on fast-track laws

Events

• 30 September 2026Ksi Lisims LNG announces a 20-year agreement to supply Centrica with 1 million tonnes a year, ahead of its final investment decision⚠ Caution: single sourceActionAgreementBritish Columbia1 source
• 14 September 2026Santos signs a non-binding heads of agreement to buy 1 million tonnes a year of LNG from Ksi Lisims LNG for 20 yearsDocumentContractInternational2 sources
• 25 August 2026BC Greens: LNG subsidies hand 'billions of taxpayer dollars' to US resource corporationsStatementStatementBritish Columbia1 source
• 12 August 2026Ksi Lisims LNG developers award the first Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline construction contract and a subsea pipeline contract⚠ Caution: self-reportedActionContractBritish Columbia1 source
• 29 July 2026Uniper signs a binding agreement to buy 2 Mtpa of LNG from Ksi Lisims for up to 20 years, with first deliveries expected in 2032ActionContractInternational4 sources
• 2 July 2026Carney and Eby sign the Canada–British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement in VancouverDocumentAgreementBritish Columbia6 sources
• 9 June 2026Metlakatla and Lax Kw'alaams withdraw Federal Court challenges to Ksi Lisims LNG after benefit agreements with the project, led by Houston-based Western LNGActionAgreementBritish Columbia5 sources
• 27 May 2026Germany's SEFE agrees to buy 1 Mtpa of LNG from Ksi Lisims for up to 20 years, subject to a final sales contract (non-binding)DocumentAgreementInternational2 sources
• March 2026Nisga'a members (Cecil Mercer, Stephen Nyce) sue the Nisga'a Nation over its PRGT / Ksi Lisims partnershipActionCourt rulingBritish Columbia1 source
• 20 January 2026BC Hydro MOU to supply up to 600 MW to Ksi Lisims LNGDocumentAgreementBritish Columbia1 source
• about 2 December 2025Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs ask banks not to finance Ksi Lisims LNGStatementStatementCanada / British Columbia1 source
• 13 November 2025Second tranche of projects referred to the Major Projects Office (over C$56B), including Ksi Lisims LNG and the North Coast Transmission LineDocumentRegulationCanada2 sources
• October 2025Metlakatla First Nation and Lax Kw'alaams Band file Federal Court challenges to the federal approval of Ksi Lisims LNGActionCourt rulingBritish Columbia2 sources
• 15 September 2025Ksi Lisims LNG receives its environmental assessment approvalsActionPermitCanada2 sources
• 29 August 2025BC Supreme Court dismisses the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs' petition against the Ksi Lisims LNG assessmentActionCourt rulingCanada / British Columbia1 source
• about 28 May 2025Nisga'a Lisims Government backs BC's fast-track Bills 14 and 15, citing 'the new trade policies of the United States'StatementStatementBritish Columbia1 source
• 19 May 2025TotalEnergies signs a 20-year agreement to buy 2 million tonnes a year of LNG from Ksi Lisims LNG and takes 5% of developer Western LNGActionContractInternational3 sources
• 14 January 2025Blackstone anchors a US$150M private placement in Ksi Lisims developer Western LNG, with rights to invest equity at the final investment decision⚠ Caution: self-reportedActionFinancingInternational2 sources
• 25 October 2024Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs file judicial review of the Ksi Lisims LNG environmental assessmentActionCourt rulingBritish Columbia2 sources
• 8 January 2024Shell signs a 20-year agreement to buy 2 million tonnes a year of LNG from Ksi Lisims LNG, the project's first offtake dealActionContractInternational1 source