%0 Issue paper %A Lee, Jeannette %G English %T Final investment decision : big breakthrough for LNG projects %U https://www.arlis.org/docs/vol1/AlaskaGas/Paper/Paper_OFC_2014_FinalInvestmentDecision.pdf %X The variables that must come together before a project reaches "final investment decision" (FID) is discussed, one of which are committed buyers. This decision rests in part on an intensive process called pre-front-end engineering and design (pre-FEED and FEED). The proposed Alaska LNG Project is compared to existing projects: Kitimat LNG (in British Columbia) and Ichthys LNG (in western Australia).