Ksi Lisims LNG, a joint venture between the Nisga’a Nation of north-western British Colombia (Canada), Rockies LNG (itself a collective of LNG producers in western Canada), and Houston-based Western LNG, has signed a 20-year agreement with Shell Eastern Trading (a subsidiary of Shell) for the latter to purchase 2 million tonnes of LNG per year.

While the agreement is complicated in the number of parties involved, the Ksi Lisims LNG project has attracted attention for its claim of being “the lowest emission intensity LNG facility in the world”. This is achieved partly by powering the production facility with renewable power from hydroelectricity, and also through “energy efficiency, purchase of carbon offsets and potential carbon capture and storage”.

The press release states that the facility will be “net-zero ready” by 2030, though it is unclear exactly what that means. With a production capacity of 12 million tonnes per year of LNG, the agreement with Shell – the first for the project – is a significant portion of the output.