LNG Canada is a joint venture of Shell Canada Energy and affiliates of PetroChina, Korea Gas and Mitsubishi.
Under the contract, GE will also supply vertically and horizontally split centrifugal compressor technologies for the gas liquefaction plant.
The proposed facility will be located on 350ha to 400ha of land in the industrial area of Kitimat, which Shell and its co-venture companies purchased in late 2011.
The LMS100-PB aeroderivative gas turbine, which is rated at 105MW and 45% efficiency at ISO conditions, provides the highest simple-cycle efficiency of any industrial gas turbine.
GE Oil & Gas Turbomachinery Solutions CEO and president Rafael Santana said: "The unparalleled efficiency of the LMS100 turbine combined with our compressors, which build on more than 30 years of experience in LNG applications, makes us confident that the proposed configuration represents the simplest and most integrated solution currently available to the industry.
"Through its DLE technology, the LMS100-PB model will also provide best-in-class emissions for baseload operation. Selecting GE’s LMS100 technology helps LNG Canada support its environmental obligations to the Kitimat region."
Estimated to have a greenhouse gas emission intensity of around 0.15 tons CO2e/ton LNG produced, the proposed facility will initially feature two LNG processing units, each with the capacity to produce six million tons of LNG per year.
