# Woodfibre LNG Expansion: C$200m Investment Boosts Capacity

> Canada's federal government announced a C$200 million investment in the Woodfibre LNG export project in British Columbia, intended to raise its target capacity from 2.1 million tonnes per year to between 2.5 and 2.6 million tonnes. The project is under construction near Squamish and is expected to begin operations in late 2027.

- Date: 2026-11-14 · published 2026-11-15T00:26:18.051Z
- Category: macro · region Canada · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/100441-woodfibre-lng-expansion-c-200m-investment-boosts-capacity
- Commodities: [Natural Gas](https://feedsoft.ai/c/NATGAS.md)

## Why it matters

The expansion adds LNG export capacity from Canada's Pacific coast, a modest addition to global gas supply that is unlikely to move feed commodity prices in the near term.

## Read by commodity

- NATGAS: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NATGAS | 2017-11-15 | [Oversupply has 'fundamentally changed' the LNG market — but it won't last long](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68161-oversupply-has-fundamentally-changed-the-lng-market-but-it-won-t-last-long.md) | -1.5% | -10.0% |
| NATGAS | 2024-04-26 | [Equinor Expects Asia, LNG Competition to Drive European Natural Gas Prices](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30924-equinor-expects-asia-lng-competition-to-drive-european-natural-gas-prices.md) | +18.9% | +71.3% |
| NATGAS | 2019-05-13 | [Europe Gets Bailout as Cheap LNG Offsets Decline in Gas Output - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59270-europe-gets-bailout-as-cheap-lng-offsets-decline-in-gas-output-bloomberg.md) | -0.3% | -9.2% |
| NATGAS | 2019-01-24 | [JKM reveals three surprises in 2018 as LNG's commoditization accelerates \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61275-jkm-reveals-three-surprises-in-2018-as-lng-s-commoditization-accelerates-s-and.md) | -4.2% | -11.2% |
| NATGAS | 2024-01-29 | [Changing LNG, oil fundamentals forces global rethink on contract base](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32296-changing-lng-oil-fundamentals-forces-global-rethink-on-contract-base.md) | -19.2% | -34.6% |

## Sources

- b2bmarketsignal.com: https://www.b2bmarketsignal.com/woodfibre-lng-expansion/

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