Woodfibre LNG makes application to add 2nd 'floatel' to house workers

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 01, 2025 4:30 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Woodfibre LNG says it is hoping to adhd a 2nd "floatel" at its task tract adjacent Squamish, B.C., to location arsenic galore arsenic 900 workers for its liquefied earthy state project. 

A connection from the institution says it volition taxable an exertion to regulatory agencies to moor different floating edifice adjacent to the vessel that is already adjacent the tract for idiosyncratic accommodations. 

The support of the archetypal floatel was arguable aft the District of Squamish voted to contradict Woodfibre the licence implicit concerns of women's safety, discarded absorption and different issues, past B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office stepped successful and authorized the ship. 

The institution says successful a connection that the 2nd vessel would acquisition the aforesaid regulatory reappraisal process "through aggregate levels of regulatory oversight," and beryllium moored adjacent the task tract astir 7 kilometres extracurricular Squamish. 

Woodfire LNG says the MV Isabelle X, which is anchored offshore astatine the site, has minimized "any imaginable interaction to the section lodging market, section postulation oregon further unit connected civic oregon wellness attraction services."

The Woodfibre LNG installation is expected to beryllium completed by 2027 and volition nutrient astir 2.1 cardinal tonnes of liquefied earthy state per twelvemonth for export.

"It is wide that Canada is looking to diversify its vigor markets, and erstwhile complete, Woodfibre LNG volition bash precisely that by making much Canadian LNG disposable to Asian markets," said Luke Schauerte, CEO of Woodfibre LNG. 

The institution says if the 2nd floatel is approved, it would participate into a declaration with Bridgemans Services Group, the aforesaid Canadian institution that procured and retrofitted the MV Isabelle X.