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Apache drops Kitimat LNG By Cameron Orr Black Press
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Construction workers Brian Linden and Reg Campbell work on the foundation of the Houston water treatment plant. The primary contractor is Canadian Western Mechanical. They will finish the foundation this week, and the pre-made building will arrive on trucks in Houston at the end of August. The project is planned to be complete by the beginning of October.
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A p a c h e Corporation is going to drop the Kitimat LNG project entirely, leaving Chevron as the sole proponent of the project for the moment. Apache didn’t indicate when the exit would occur in their second quarter financial report. “Consistent with the company’s ongoing repositioning for profitable and repeatable North American onshore growth, Apache intends to completely exit the Wheatstone and Kitimat LNG projects,” said their repot. Wheatstone LNG is an Australian-based liquefied natural gas project. Kitimat LNG has all of its required permits and licences but has been undergoing a lengthy front-end engineering and design study which would fi-
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nalize a price tag and move the company towards making a final investment decision. Media reports had indicated Apache was under pressure by investors to leave Kitimat LNG, and the company had indicated they were interested in reducing their 50 per cent stake in the Kitimat-based LNG project. A p a c h e spokesperson Paul Wyke said the company wasn’t providing more details other than what was included in their financial report. See PIPE on Page 3
District of Houston cuts costs of banners on Highway 16 By Jackie Lieuwen Houston Today
The District of Houston is buying new banners for the posts along Highway 16. Both the winter and summer banners need replacing, as they’ve been used for five years and are
typically replaced every two years, said Chief Administrative Officer Michael Glavin. Council agreed to get banners to hang year round instead of seasonal ones, and Glavin said they’ll save $3,600 per year by not changing them
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