Canaport

Canaport consists of the following infrastructure:

• A floating mono-buoy located approximately {{convert|0.63|nmi|km|abbr=on}} southwest of Mispec Point to which tankers attach onto and swing freely 360° with the tide.
• An undersea pipeline ({{convert|0.63|nmi|km|abbr=on}} in length) that transfers crude oil from the mono-buoy to the shore.
• Tanks on shore with over {{convert|6000000|oilbbl|L|abbr=on}} of storage capacity.
• A land pipeline ({{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} in length) that transfers crude oil from the storage tanks to the refinery in the east end of Saint John.

The terminal was originally designed to have 5 storage tanks measuring {{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}} in diameter. The owner of Irving Oil, K.C. Irving modified the terminal's design to include 6 tanks so each tank could each have a single letter that when combined would spell I-R-V-I-N-G when viewed from the water.{{cite book |last1=How |first1=Douglas |last2=Costello |first2=Ralph |year=1993 |title=K.C.: the biography of K.C. Irving|url=https://archive.org/details/kcbiographyofkci0000howd|page=42 |url-access=registration }} Subsequent expansions of the refinery in the 1970s, 80s and 90s resulted in the construction of additional storage tanks.

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File:CanaportLNG Long7.jpgThe Canaport LNG terminal is a liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving and regasification terminal located adjacent and immediately east of the Canaport crude receiving terminal. Commissioned in 2008, it is Canada's first LNG terminal and the first LNG terminal built in eastern North America in 30 years. It is capable of receiving the largest LNG tankers in the world.{{cite web |url=http://www.canaportlng.com/latestnews/june_18_2009.php |title=Press release June 18, 2009: Canaport LNG Terminal To Begin First Phase of Operations |publisher=Canaport LNG |accessdate=2 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213856/http://www.canaportlng.com/latestnews/june_18_2009.php# |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}

Canaport LNG has a nominal capacity of handling {{convert|1200000000|cuft|m3|abbr=on}} of LNG per day, enough to heat 5 million homes. Regasified LNG from the Canaport LNG terminal is capable of supplying 20% of the natural gas demand in the northeastern United States and Canada.

In 2001 Irving Oil applied for a permit to add liquified natural gas (LNG) to its Canaport deep-water crude receiving terminal. The permit was granted in April 2004 and Irving Oil entered into a partnership with Repsol to develop Canaport LNG; Irving Oil owns 25% of Canaport LNG while Repsol owns 75%. Construction of the LNG terminal started in September 2005 and the facility was commissioned in 2008 and received its first shipment of LNG in June 2009. Repsol acquired Irving's share in the LNG terminal in August 2021.{{ cite web | url = https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-markets/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles/provincial-territorial-energy-profiles-new-brunswick.html | date = 2022-04-25 | access-date = 2022-05-02 | publisher = Canada Energy Regulator | title = Provincial and Territorial Energy Profiles – New Brunswick}}

Canaport LNG consists of the following infrastructure:

• A pier, consisting of a terminal jetty constructed from 16 marine support jackets, 12 roadway and pipe support trestle sections, an LNG receiving platform, 10 mooring hooks, four berthing fenders, an access gangway and eight catwalk structures. Total structural steel weight is {{convert|7500|MT|ST|abbr=on}}. Approximately {{convert|2000|m3|cuft|abbr=on}} of concrete form the road and platform deck.{{cite web |url=http://www.kiewit.com/projects/oil-gas-chemical/Offshore/Marystown/canaport-lng-terminal.aspx |title=Projects: Canaport LNG Terminal - Saint John, NB |publisher=Kiewit Corporation |accessdate=2 August 2013 }}
• Three (3) insulated storage tanks on shore.
• A regasification facility using submerged combustion vaporizers to convert LNG into natural gas by warming it.

The construction of the Canaport LNG was coincident with construction of the Brunswick Pipeline which transports the natural gas from Canaport LNG to markets.

In 2021, Canaport LNG was re-named to Saint John LNG following the purchase of the Irving interest by the Repsol partner. Saint John LNG is now fully owned by Repsol subsidiaries.{{cite web |url=https://www.offshore-energy.biz/repsol-renames-canaport-lng-as-saint-john-lng-terminal/ |title=Repsol renames Canaport LNG as Saint John LNG terminal |last=Pekic |first=Sanja |date=November 16, 2021 |website=Offshore Energy |access-date=February 17, 2022}}

In 2005, Irving Oil received a controversial tax break from the City of Saint John to develop the Canaport LNG terminal; it was apparently negotiated one-on-one with the city's then-mayor Norm McFarlane. The tax concessions have cost the City of Saint John approximately $75 million over ten years, with a potential total loss of over $180 million.{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/mayor-defends-tax-deal-with-irving-1.565430 | title=CBC News: Mayor defends tax deal with Irving |date=2005-03-16|accessdate=2016-03-24}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-made-millions-off-deal-to-slash-taxes-on-lng-property-1.3111816 | title=CBC News: Irving made millions off deal to slash taxes on LNG property |date=2015-06-12|accessdate=2016-03-24}} Saint John Common Council's reconsideration of this tax concession in 2015 resulted in warnings from Irving Oil, including editorials published in the Telegraph-Journal arguing against re-opening the deal.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphjournal.com/greater-saint-john/story/44993474/editorial-dont-rewrite-history | title=Telegraph Journal Editorial: Don't rewrite history on LNG tax deal |date=2015-12-09|accessdate=2016-03-24}}

In September 2013, nearly 7,500 songbirds were killed when they flew into a gas flare at the plant. The incident was caused by a "combination of nocturnal flaring and unsettled [foggy] weather conditions during peak migration periods [which] created the potential for a significant bird mortality event." The owners were eventually fined $750,000 for the offence. Soon after the incident, the plant completed a $45 million upgrade which significantly reduced the amount of flaring which takes place at the plant.{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Connell |title=Canaport LNG pleads guilty in bird kill case |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/irving-canaport-bird-kill-plea-1.3305351 |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=5 November 2015}}

Irving Oil has announced plans to build a new $300-million terminal at Canaport to export the oil from the proposed Energy East pipeline.{{cite news|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/755010/irving-oil-to-build-new-terminal-for-energy-east-pipeline-project/|title=Irving Oil to build new terminal for Energy East Pipeline project|date=4 August 2013|work=The Canadian Press|publisher=Global News|accessdate=4 August 2013}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20130810010247/http://irvingoil.com/operations_and_partners/operations/supply/ Canaport - Irving Oil]
• [http://www.canaportlng.com Canaport LNG]

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