Black & Veatch and its partner, South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), have received a contract to design the proposed Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas (LNG) nearshore floating production facility in Canada.

The LNG project, which is due to be commissioned in 2028, will be built at Wil Milit, north of Prince Rupert, British Colombia, near the Nisga’a village of Gingolx.

Under the contract, Black & Veatch and SHI will provide front-end engineering design (FEED) services for the LNG project.

Black & Veatch said in a statement: “Through connection with British Columbia’s renewable hydroelectric grid and use of innovative design features, the project’s greenhouse gas emissions will be 90 percent lower than conventional LNG facilities.”

The project, combined with a credible offset management plan, is expected to be net zero by the end of this decade.

Being developed jointly by Western LNG, the Nisga’a Nation and Rockies LNG, the Ksi Lisims LNG natural gas liquefaction and marine terminal project will be capable of producing 12 million tonnes of low-cost LNG annually. The project will be one of the most significant indigenous-led infrastructure projects in Canadian history.

Black & Veatch energy resources industries business vice-president and managing director Javid Talib said: “We see this FEED award as an important step as we move towards working together on the engineering and construction of this world-class project.”

Rockies LNG president and CEO Charlotte Raggett said: “Canada is stepping up to offer the world’s most reliable, low-risk and low-emission natural gas. We are happy to have Black & Veatch and SHI join us in getting this important clean energy resource to the markets that need it most.”

Ksi Lisims LNG is expected to have one of the world’s lowest unit carbon emissions rates of any large-scale LNG export project.