Carney says $33-billion LNG expansion shows Canada as an 'energy superpower'Carney says $33-billion LNG expansion shows Canada as an 'energy superpower'

The investors behind LNG Canada have made a decision to proceed with the $33-billion expansion of their facility in Kitimat, B.C.

LNG Canada is moving ahead with a major expansion of its Kitimat export terminal, a decision the Government of Canada asserts will unlock $33 billion in private investment and double the facility’s capacity to ship liquefied natural gas (LNG) overseas.

The second phase of the project will increase the terminal’s annual production capacity from 14 million to 28 million tonnes.

This builds on the first phase, which began exporting LNG in June 2025.

Prime Minister Mark Carney welcomed the private ownership group’s final investment decision on Tuesday.

The federal government describes the expansion as the second-largest single private investment in Canadian history and notes that it will make LNG Canada the world’s second-largest facility of its kind.

Amid the provincial general election campaign period, the announcement drew support from both the BC NDP and Conservative Party of British Columbia, although the parties offered sharply different accounts of the provincial government’s handling of the industry to date.

The terminal receives natural gas by pipeline and chills it into a liquid for transport aboard ships.

Its location on B.C.’s northern coast gives Canadian producers access to overseas customers, particularly in Asia.

The expansion will add two processing units, another LNG storage tank, and an additional loading berth, along with supporting equipment.

LNG Canada expects up to 4,000 construction jobs at the Kitimat site at peak activity.

Once the expansion is complete, it expects to add approximately 90 full-time roles and 150 contractor positions to its operating workforce.

“The historic investments in LNG Canada are proof that Canada is building big and bold again.

This facility reflects the best of Canadian ambition — built in partnership with Indigenous Peoples, it will export some of the lowest-emitting LNG to new markets in Asia,” said Carney.

“We are building our strength at home, securing new trade partners abroad, and catalysing unprecedented levels of new investment in our major projects.

That is what an energy superpower looks like when it decides to act like one.” Artistic rendering of the second phase of the LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C.