Overview

• The BC Environmental Assessment Office found the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline met its 2014 substantial-start requirements by November 2024, allowing the certificate to remain in effect without a new review.
• The decision lets construction resume under the original permit for the life of the roughly 750-kilometre project to supply northern B.C.
• The pipeline is a 50-50 joint venture between the Nisga’a Nation and Western LNG and has attracted nearly $584 million in investment, including backing from U.S. private equity firm Blackstone.
• It is intended to feed the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG facility, which is undergoing its own assessment and aims to export up to 12 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually.
• Environmental groups and Indigenous opponents such as the Gitanyow hereditary chiefs warn the approval threatens salmon habitats, undermines climate targets and bypasses full Indigenous consent.