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riversedge

(81,664 posts)
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:58 PM 23 hrs ago

Canada signs landmark LNG energy deal with Germany

Source: bbc


3 hours ago Nadine Yousif Senior Canada reporter


Canada has announced a landmark energy agreement with Germany that will see the first-ever long-term shipments of liquified natural gas (LNG) from Canada to Europe in the coming years.

It comes as European nations search for new reliable energy sources and as Canada seeks to diversify trade away from the US.

The deal was announced on Wednesday in Vancouver by Canada's energy minister, Tim Hodgson, who called it "an exciting and important milestone".

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For Canada, it is a major step towards trade diversification away from the US. In 2024, virtually all of Canada's LNG exports went to the US, according to data by Canada's energy regulator.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg4pwxwvz1go



There is also an article in LBN about Canada buying planes from Sweden instead of USA Boeing.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143671236




For Canada, it is a major step towards trade diversification away from the US. In 2024, virtually all of Canada's LNG exports went to the US, according to data by Canada's energy regulator.

bbc.com/news/article...

(@oceancalm.bsky.social) 2026-05-27T23:50:22.517Z


Bloomberg via Getty Images An image showing an LNG carrier loaded at the LNG Canada docks in Kitimat, British Columbia. There is port infrastructure visible, a large ship and LNG flares in the background emitting from the facilitiy. It is set on the water, with a picturesque backdrop of small mountains and pristine, green landscape.Bloomberg via Getty Images
The deal would see one million tons of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) exported annually from British Columbia to Germany.
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Canada signs landmark LNG energy deal with Germany (Original Post) riversedge 23 hrs ago OP
Rec! Rec! n/t Cheezoholic 22 hrs ago #1
An agreement that may last up to 20 years... EarthFirst 22 hrs ago #2
Excellent North Coast Lawyer 22 hrs ago #3
It will have to be shipped all the way from Canada's north Pacific coast, through the Panama Canal to Germany OnlinePoker 19 hrs ago #5
There is this trade off they do in shipping where a German LNG applegrove 17 hrs ago #7
It's going to happen. North Coast Lawyer 4 hrs ago #8
I interpret this as a backhanded slap in the orange fatso's painted mug. Amirite? wolfie001 22 hrs ago #4
Where are they piping this from? James48 19 hrs ago #6
Alberta North Coast Lawyer 4 hrs ago #9
Canada's got it going on. oasis 4 hrs ago #10
Canrey is nailing this! Tripper11 3 hrs ago #11

EarthFirst

(4,229 posts)
2. An agreement that may last up to 20 years...
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:17 PM
22 hrs ago

The Trump administration will take decades to recover from…

May even be generational.

North Coast Lawyer

(273 posts)
3. Excellent
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:17 PM
22 hrs ago

Canadian LNG is a great replacement for Russian LNG. Might be why Russian trolls and bots are trying to gum up the works by encouraging Alberta to separate.

OnlinePoker

(6,158 posts)
5. It will have to be shipped all the way from Canada's north Pacific coast, through the Panama Canal to Germany
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:29 PM
19 hrs ago

Last edited Thu May 28, 2026, 12:06 AM - Edit history (1)

And, it's incumbent on another pipeline to the coast being built and a production facility being constructed. There are several First Nations along the proposed route that are opposed to the pipeline going through their territory, so I'll be surprised if anything starts getting shipped for years down the road.

applegrove

(133,238 posts)
7. There is this trade off they do in shipping where a German LNG
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:03 AM
17 hrs ago

ship collecting LNG off the coast of British Columbia in Canada on the Pacific to Germany through the Panama Canal would be traded for an LNG ship going from the Gulf of Mexico to Asia the other way through the Panama Canal. The LNG ship coming off the coast of BC would then go to Asia, while the LNG ship in the Gulf of Mexixo would turn and go to Germany. Neither ship then has to go through the Panama Canal. This is apparently common. They just swap.

North Coast Lawyer

(273 posts)
8. It's going to happen.
Thu May 28, 2026, 02:40 PM
4 hrs ago

First Nations get on board when given adequate incentive (this dance is not new). The first pipeline (which already exists) is always the hardest. Once the Arctic Ocean opens up shipping to Northern Europe will become much easier.

James48

(5,260 posts)
6. Where are they piping this from?
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:30 PM
19 hrs ago

Is the conversion plant right near the ocean? Where are the gas fields feeding this from?

Tripper11

(4,480 posts)
11. Canrey is nailing this!
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:45 PM
3 hrs ago

He is just the right man at the right time for the job. Period.
He is surging ahead making deals all over to keep Canada moving forward without the US.

Keep it up Mark!
Proud to be Canadian!

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