Encana To Buy Stake In $2.9B Gas Project

Calgary-based natural gas producer, Encana, will acquire a 30% stake in Kitimat LNG’s planned $2.9 billion liquefied-natural-gas export facility in British Columbia.

Calgary-based natural gas producer, Encana, will acquire a 30% stake in Kitimat LNG’s planned $2.9 billion liquefied-natural-gas export facility in British Columbia, The Wall Street Journal reports. The financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. Apache, which initially had a 51% stake in the facility, will sell 11% of its equity to Encana. EOG Resources, which held a 49% stake in the project, will sell 19% stake. The operations at the facility are expected to start in 2015.

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