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 # Varcoe: U.S. Pause on LNG Projects Offers Canada 'Second Chance' To Be Global Player, Says Enbridge CEO

 

##### By Chris Varcoe

 

 

 Jan 31, 2024 1:20 PM ET

  ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/coolingtowers_enbridge_013024.jpg "Cooling towers used to dissipate heat generated when natural gas is converted into liquefied natural gas are seen under construction at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press") 

 

 ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/woodfibre_enbridge_013024.jpg "The Woodfibre LNG site is seen on Howe Sound as work continues to prepare for construction, in Squamish, B.C., Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press") 

 

 ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/lngsite_enbridge_013024.jpg "The proposed site of the Ksi Lisims LNG project at Wil Milit (also known as Whiskey Bay) at the northern tip of Pearse Island in the Portland Canal, north of Prince Rupert, B.C. The Wil Milit site is located on approximately 1.14 square kilometres of level land. Wil Milit is owned by the Nisga’a Nation in fee simple. Nisga'a Lisims Government") 

 

 ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/GregEbel_enbridge_013024.jpg "Supplied photo of Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel. PHOTO BY HANDOUT") 

 

 

      

   ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/coolingtowers_enbridge_013024.jpg?h=adf2c4e1 "Cooling towers used to dissipate heat generated when natural gas is converted into liquefied natural gas are seen under construction at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat, B.C. on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press")   ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/woodfibre_enbridge_013024.jpg?h=adf2c4e1 "The Woodfibre LNG site is seen on Howe Sound as work continues to prepare for construction, in Squamish, B.C., Wednesday, July 5, 2023. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press")   ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/lngsite_enbridge_013024.jpg?h=adf2c4e1 "The proposed site of the Ksi Lisims LNG project at Wil Milit (also known as Whiskey Bay) at the northern tip of Pearse Island in the Portland Canal, north of Prince Rupert, B.C. The Wil Milit site is located on approximately 1.14 square kilometres of level land. Wil Milit is owned by the Nisga’a Nation in fee simple. Nisga'a Lisims Government")   ![" "](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/public/images/GregEbel_enbridge_013024.jpg?h=adf2c4e1 "Supplied photo of Enbridge CEO Greg Ebel. PHOTO BY HANDOUT") 

 

 

[Originally published by Calgary Herald](https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-canada-second-chance-global-player-lng)

After standing on the sidelines for much of the past decade while the United States transformed itself into a global LNG powerhouse, Canada now has a monumental decision to make.

Does it also want to become a serious player in the global LNG game or be a small exporter to the world?

“It’s not very often that you get a second chance on an opportunity. And I think this may perhaps bode extremely well for that second chance, from a policy and support perspective in Canada — if we take advantage of it,” said Greg Ebel, CEO of Calgary-based Enbridge, which is a partner in the Woodfibre LNG project.

Continue reading [here](https://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/varcoe-canada-second-chance-global-player-lng)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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