Nicholas Fulford
34:48 - 35:52
"it was really when the federal government decided that exports of LNG into the Pacific were a kind of a national— were of national importance, that they collaborated with the provincial government at a level which I think has never been seen before. So it became a kind of a three-way negotiation between the project developers, the provincial government, and the federal government. And that all came to a head in March 2018, and I would describe it as the last piece in the jigsaw which then enabled FID to be taken in October 2018."
“it was really when the federal government decided that exports of LNG into the Pacific were a kind of a national— were of national importance, that they collaborated with the provincial government at a level which I think has never been seen before. So it became a kind of a three-way negotiation between the project developers, the provincial government, and the federal government. And that all came to a head in March 2018, and I would describe it as the last piece in the jigsaw which then enabled FID to be taken in October 2018.”
- Speaker
- Nicholas Fulford
- Timestamp
- 34:48 – 35:52
- Source
- SFIN-20260527-1330
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Alaska
- Captured at
- May 27, 2026
From the transcript
But it was really when the federal government decided that exports of LNG into the Pacific were a kind of a national— were of national importance, that they collaborated with the provincial government at a level which I think has never been seen before. So it became a kind of a three-way negotiation between the project developers, the provincial government, and the federal government. And that all came to a head in March 2018, and I would describe it as the last piece in the jigsaw which then enabled FID to be taken in October 2018. So it was really that enabling legislation and fiscal compact that was the that was the last piece in the jigsaw that enabled FID to happen. And I think there were one or two other concessions which were negotiated after FID, but all of this was done before the investment was committed.
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