Apache is speaking with potential supply buyers in Asia before the targeted May completion of a front-end engineering and design study on the C$4.5 billion (US$4.53 billion) liquefied natural gas export facility.
Speaking at the Howard Weil conference in New Orleans this week, Apache chief executive Steve Farris remained coy about the specific timing of the final investment decision on the project, which will move regional natural gas via a 42-inch pipeline to a liquefaction and export facility on British Columbia’s west coast.
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