LNG Canada to use Chinese steel on $33B expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.

LNG Canada will once again use Chinese steel for the « specialized fabrication capability » it says it requires for its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.

Wudang, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker, fills up at an LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., last year.

The international consortium announced this week that it was going ahead with a project that would double its production capacity.

LNG Canada will once again use Chinese steel for the « specialized fabrication capability » it says it requires for its $33-billion Phase 2 expansion project in Kitimat, B.C.

When the proposed expansion led the list of early projects referred to the new federal Major Projects Office in September 2025, Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters these ambitious building projects would be at the heart of our new, comprehensive Buy Canadian policy.

In fact, LNG Canada will buy more components from the state-owned China Offshore Oil Engineering Co., Ltd.

(COOEC), which also manufactured its first two liquified natural gas processing units, known as trains, now in operation.

The private consortium of five international energy companies announced the expansion on Tuesday.

LNG Canada is adding two more trains for a total of four on the site, increasing its production from 14 to 28 megatonnes per year once Phase 2 construction is complete, likely in the early 2030s.

At the event marking the final investment decision, CBC News asked the prime minister if the expansion would be built with Canadian or Chinese steel.

It's a great question for the proponents of Phase 2, Carney said.

There will be full opportunities to buy Canadian steel, and we'll continue to invest in the Canadian steel industry to make sure that's the case.

But it will be for them to decide, the prime minister said.

LNG Canada 'to decide' whether to use Canadian or Chinese steel in B.C.

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