Crown LNG Holdings Ltd. CGBS-Q is pitching a project to export liquefied natural gas from Newfoundland and Labrador, saying the $15-billion proposal fits into the federal government’s agenda for spurring infrastructure in the national interest.

The London-based company is seeking to tap into offshore natural gas from the Jeanne d’Arc Basin, off the east coast of Newfoundland, and aiming to start LNG exports to Europe in 2030.

The goal is to construct a 380-kilometre pipeline that would transport natural gas from offshore to a liquefaction facility near the community of Fermeuse, located about 90 kilometres south of St. John’s.

Crown chief executive officer Swapan Kataria said he is emboldened by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s general support for energy projects to diversify the Canadi

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