Canada delays decision on Petronas LNG project

Ottawa

A MAJOR liquefied natural gas export project in Canada ran into another delay on Saturday when the federal environmental assessment agency was granted an extra three months to finish an impact study.

The Malaysian state-owned oil giant Petronas and its partners have been waiting nearly three years for a permit to build the C$36 billion (S$37.6 billion) LNG facility in northern British Columbia, on the Pacific coast.