This is bunker fuel in the Fraser, not Kitimat
Fortis (TSX: FTS) is the listed parent. FortisBC is the B.C. utility. On July 31 Fortis said the province had approved moving ahead with Tilbury Phase 1B, about $2 billion of regulated investment at the existing LNG plant in Delta. Pipeline & Gas Journal wrote the same week that an order in council on July 24 exempted the project from a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under the Utilities Commission Act. Journal of Commerce followed in August with the construction calendar: pour money in 2027, marine jetty still in design, Phase 2 storage and more liquefaction in a separate file.
FortisBC CEO Roger Dall'Antonia called it a milestone for marine fueling and a partnership with Musqueam. The company says construction could start as early as 2027, with in-service as early as 2031. Other permits are still outstanding. During the build, FortisBC talks about 1,100 jobs a year over four years. Those are project estimates, not a payroll.
Do not confuse the docks
Tilbury is a utility LNG plant on the South Fraser aimed at ships in Vancouver harbour. LNG Canada is an export plant in Kitimat. Cedar and Woodfibre are other B.C. export stories. A bunker cargo in the port is not a 14-million-tonne Asia cargo. Keep them in separate paragraphs.
Phase 2 would add a 142,400-cubic-metre tank and more liquefaction, up to about 2.5 million tonnes a year in some write-ups. The environmental assessment office was still working through comments in late July. That file can slip.