Yokohama, Japan - JGC Holdings Corporation announced today that LNG Canada has successfully shipped the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) export cargo from its newly-constructed facility located in the traditional territory of the Haisla Nation in Kitimat, British Columbia, Canada on 30 June 2025. Since 2018, JGC Corporation (JGC), and its joint venture partner, Fluor Corporation (Fluor), have provided critical engineering, procurement, fabrication management, construction and commissioning services to build the facility and support its safe startup.

Located on Canada's west coast, the LNG Canada facility benefits from access to abundant, low-cost natural gas and an ice-free harbor. The plant is the first-of-its-kind in Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 14 million tonnes of LNG. It positions Canada as a major supplier of lower carbon natural gas to global markets and will operate under a 40-year license.

JGC Fluor Joint Venture used an innovative modular fabrication approach to achieve significant schedule efficiencies by allowing site preparation, early works and construction to occur at the same time as the module fabrication off-site. More than 215 modules were delivered and set into place at the site from January 2022 to July 2023. The largest modules measured approximately 45 meters wide, 75 meters deep and 47 meters in height. The project also included the construction of the second largest LNG storage tank in the world, standing 56 meters high and 75 meters in diameter with a volume of more than 225,000 cubic meters.

LNG Canada is a joint venture between Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and KOGAS. JGC Fluor Joint Venture's involvement in the LNG Canada Project continues through commissioning support and long-term operational readiness services.

Masayuki Sato, Representative Director, Chairman, President & CEO of JGC Holdings Corporaion, commented:

"This landmark LNG Canada facility has successfully started to deliver LNG. This is a very significant achievement, with the great support of local Indigenous communities, and we are proud of contributing to the promotion of Canada's important energy policy. We deeply appreciate the support of all of the project stakeholders who have made their utmost efforts directed at this success despite the unprecedented challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic which were faced and overcome in mid-delivery of the project."

In addition to the LNG Canada Project, as a leading global contractor contributing to energy transition, JGC is delivering strategic LNG projects, including the electric-driven motors-based Ruwais LNG projects in United Arab Emirates and the front end engineering design (FEED) for the Rovuma LNG project in Mozambique, the Nearshore Floating LNG Plant in Malaysia and the Tangguh UCC Project in Indonesia which provides GHG capture and utilization. JGC further wishes to contribute to the realization of planned energy transition projects to achieve its purpose of "Enhancing Planetary Health".

The LNG ship carrying the first LNG export cargo

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