Alberta and British Columbia battle frequently over a proposed oil pipeline to the Pacific coast, yet they’re not playing the part of squabbling siblings on another critical energy file — natural gas.

More specifically, they’re on the same page with the federal government on expanding the country’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector, allowing Canada to export more supercooled gas to customers around the world.

With two major final investment decisions looming on the second phase of the existing LNG Canada development, and on the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project, the goal of significantly growing the country’s gas-export sector is picking up steam in 2026.

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“This is something that Canada will need to take advantage of quickly, but we’re not the only player in the LNG game,” Ian Archer, a gas industry expert and associate director at S&P Global Energy, said Wednesday.

“If Canada wants to take advantage of this, if they want to get serious about being an energy superpower, then they have to take advantage of this, strike while the iron is hot.”

The conflict in the Middle East and effective blockage of the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of global LNG supply transits — along with the transactional nature of relationships with the U.S. administration — has some customers looking for a........

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