Canada’s Woodfibre LNG receives two new modules

Woodfibre LNG has reached another key milestone with the arrival of two modules in Squamish, British Columbia, the Canadian company announced on January 19.

The LNG export terminal has now received 14 of its 19 modules with the project almost 60% complete now after passing the halfway mark in September. The first modules were delivered in May 2025 from the QMW McDermott Fabrication Yard in the Chinese port city of Qingdao guided by tugboats.

Construction is expected to be finished in 2027 on the 2.1mn tonnes per year (tpy) plant, which has seen its costs balloon to an estimated $8.8bn up 73% from an initial estimate of $5.1bn. Despite these cost overruns, the project remains on schedule.

“These modules are critical building blocks of Woodfibre LNG; both serving critical functions within the operations of our future facility,” Woodfibre LNG CEO Luke Schauerte said in a statement.

“It’s tremendously exciting to move another step closer to construction completion and bringing more Canadian LNG to global markets,” Schauerte added.

The modules include a pretreatment module which works to remove impurities from natural gas feedstock and a process utility module, which supplies process utilities for the LNG process.

The modules were delivered by a specialized heavy lift vessel. The remaining five modules are slated to be delivered over the next few months.

Woodfibre LNG has been popular among buyers with the firm already in 2023 having secured sales agreements for 90% of its production.

Woodfibre LNG has been ramping up construction work, with the arrival in November of a second floatel to accommodate more workers. The second floatel hosts an additional 900 employees.