Stakeholders Discuss the Emerging North American Natural Gas (LNG) Market
April 4, 2014
There’s no arguing that the North American Market for natural gas and LNG is heating up and with it grows the need for community input, public consultation, and opinions from various groups and stakeholders. The renewed level of interest and intense need for public input is obvious… North America’s natural gas boom is now so big that the industry and its supporters believe it should not be contained to just one continent. Proposals are now moving forward to make the Chesapeake Bay waterfront community of Cove Point, Maryland, into a global gateway for Pennsylvania shale gas, and to turn the remote B.C coastal village of Kitimat into an international energy hub.
As part of the consultation process, National Geographic hosted an event/round table discussion and invited a number of stakeholders – Natural Gas: A Bridge to a Sustainable Energy Future? The event took place March 25, 2014 in Vancouver, B.C. Chief Karen Ogen was asked to elevate the Big Energy dialogue by sharing the Wet’suwet’en First Nation story. Chief Ogen represented the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and participated in round table discussions regarding the proposed expansion of LNG in B.C as well as proposed expansion into the Wet’suwet’en First Nation traditional territory.
For more on this important topic, see more details of The Great Energy Challenge
This via National Geographic – “…They argue this new bounty should be shared—especially with hungry markets in Asia and Europe willing to pay a high price for the fuel. But long-distance transport of natural gas is one of the world’s most expensive engineering feats, and it will require government approvals, community support, and billions of dollars in capital to take North American gas overseas… Even as LNG project sponsors face a broad array of export opponents, and a complicated regulatory and financing process, they are racing each other to begin construction.” (Source: National Geographic blog)
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