The Woodfibre LNG says its project has reached a major construction milestone over the weekend with the arrival of its first seven liquefied natural gas modules at the Squamish site.
Transported by a heavy cargo vessel, the prefabricated pipe rack modules are the first large-scale components to be delivered for installation at the site. The steel frameworks will carry liquefied gas from the facility’s liquefaction unit to storage tanks and the marine loading terminal, where LNG will be shipped to international markets.
“This is a huge milestone for the Woodfibre LNG project,” said CEO Luke Schauerte. “It’s the start of our facility going vertical—where people will start to see it take shape.”
The modules are being offloaded at a newly built Marine Offloading Facility, a dock designed specifically for receiving oversized components. Once on land, crews will place the modules on permanent foundations. In total, 19 modules are scheduled to arrive in 2025 and 2026, including a nearly 11,000-tonne liquefaction unit about the size of a football field.
“We’ve hit a tremendously exciting and important phase,” said Schauerte. “We’re focused on working safely and efficiently to move this project forward and complete the province’s first net zero LNG export facility.”
