Advocating for the public good in responsible natural resource development

Vancouver, BC
Joined January 2014
.@sjmuir has been reporting on the LNG story for two decades. Here he explains how the U.S., Australia and Qatar got rich by freezing natural gas and shipping it to the world – and why Canada is next. Kitimat to Asia: about 11 days. U.S. Gulf Coast via Panama: 24. And no Strait of Hormuz. #LNG #Canada #BC #Energy #Qatar #Australia #NaturalGas
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Judge B.C.’s LNG industry by the loading dock and it looks small: about 400 permanent jobs at Kitimat. That’s where most counting stops. It misses almost everything. The Quiet Giant: a new report by @sjmuir follows the work inland, 240 direct occupations from Montney drilling pads to pipelines, gas plants and ports. Every cargo is crewed from the wellhead. resourceworks.com/the-quiet-… #BCPoli #LNG #Energy
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11 days from B.C. to Asia. 20–24 days from the U.S. Gulf Coast via Panama. Up to 40 days around Africa. Canada's Pacific coast offers Asian LNG buyers something increasingly valuable: a shorter, more direct route from a stable energy supplier.
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Canada's trade war had an unexpected winner: energy exports. 🇨🇦 In Q2 2026, energy exports hit a record $60.6 billion. Projects like TMX and LNG Canada took years to build. Trade diversification requires infrastructure. #CanadianEnergy
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Nearly 140 LNG cargoes have sailed from Kitimat since June 2025. The buyers? South Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan. Major energy companies are also securing supply from upcoming B.C. projects—including some that previously abandoned their own Canadian LNG developments.
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An ancient ocean left B.C. quite an inheritance! Buried beneath northeastern B.C. is the Montney Formation, one of North America's largest natural gas resources. How did it get there? @SiavashTahan explains. #NaturalGas #BC #WorksinProgress
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11 days from B.C. to Asia. 20–24 days from the U.S. Gulf Coast via Panama. Up to 40 days around Africa. Canada's Pacific coast offers Asian LNG buyers something increasingly valuable: a shorter, more direct route from a stable energy supplier.
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Vancouver used to manufacture gas from coal. That changed in 1957. So what exactly makes natural gas “natural”? @SiavashTahan explains in under 60 seconds. #NaturalGas #CanadianEnergy #WorksInProgress
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LNG Canada just greenlit Phase 2: $33B to double Kitimat to 28 million tonnes of LNG a year. Why now? Because the world just got a lot more dangerous, and Canadian energy just got a lot more valuable. 🧵
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Canada is already one of the world's leading energy producers. The challenge now is getting more of those exports to more markets. Karen Graham explains why diversification—and access to tidewater—has become one of Canada's biggest economic priorities. #Energy #Canada #Infrastructure #Trade
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