The PRGT Pipeline Could Come Up Anywhere It Needs Tohttps://www.transcanada.com/globalassets/pdfs/natural-gas/prince-rupert-gas-transmission/transcanada-prince-rupert-gas-transmission-project-map.pdf Here is a PDF of the PRGT route. Note that it goes subsea on the western end and is shown emerging at Lelu Island. This can and will change to suit the new customer. And I have no doubt that Transcanada has a firm commitment from some party that still wants to remain anonymous.
There are plenty of excellent locations for the new plant, because of all the project cancellations when the price of LNG landed in Asia took a nosedive a few years ago.
My bet is on Exxon-Mobil being the new proponent. I say this because they were the last to cancel their previous project, which was badly sited anyway, from a safety standpoint anyway, as it would have required LNG tanker traffic to pass in front of Prince Rupert waterfront.
Strangely, Exxon-Mobil withdrew their project well after LNG prices in Japan had recovered. At the time I suspected they did this because they had secured a better option. The obvious choice would be the old Shell/BG site on the southern part of Ridley Island.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shell-ends-development-of-prince-rupert-lng-project-1.4020820 And if Trudeau and his moronic, unqualified Environment Poodle won't cooperate, the PRGT pipeline could easily surface on the Alaska side of the border. Checkmate.