Petronas May Consider Relocating Canada LNG Project - Chairman

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 (Bernama) -- Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas, the Malaysian oil and gas company) may consider relocating the Pacific NorthWest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal project planned in northern British Columbia, Canada. Chairman Mohd Sidek Hassan said the company would relocate if the Canadian authorities find the move necessary. "We have to take into account the various factors like it being poorly sited and also where it warrants," he told reporters at the Economic Governance in the Public Sector Governance Forum here Monday. Sidek said this in response to the latest snag in Petronas' LNG plan, which had been affected by Canada's current political race. In a report by Bloomberg, John Horgan, the leader of the province's opposition New Democratic Party, had highlighted the LNG project during his campaign recently, citing it was "poorly sited". Horgan vowed to 'find a better place and a better way' to build the gas export terminal, should he become premier. Petronas was reportedly considering changing its plans for the LNG export terminal to avoid a sensitive marine area that had become a controversial flash point. --BERNAMA