VANCOUVER: A proposed US$27bil liquefied natural gas project in western Canada got a boost after British Columbia offered at least C$145mil (US$111mil) in funding for native groups.
The province and two First Nation groups reached agreements that will allow Petroliam Nasional Bhd and its partners to work “on a common goal of realising the project,” Wan Badrul Hisham, chief project officer for Pacific NorthWest LNG, said at a news conference in Victoria on Wednesday.
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