OTTAWA — Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says the oil and gas industry will have to cut emissions more than one-third by 2030. A framework outlining the cap is being published today with plans to publish draft regulations next spring and get the final regulations in pl...
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault is seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Guilbeault says Canada's promised emissions cap on the oil and gas sector won't be finalized for another year.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld OTTAWA...
"I think what we're doing is historical not just in the Canadian context but in the international context as well," he said. "We've never put in place regulations in Canada that would ensure that the oil and gas sector reduces its overall emissions. We've never don...
1.1 A brief outline of your jurisdiction’s natural gas sector, including a general description of: natural gas reserves; natural gas production including the extent to which production is associated or non-associated natural gas; import and export of natural gas, including liquefied natural gas (...
• Proposed Regulatory Framework to cap GHG emissions from oil and gas sector • Draft regulations to be released in 2024, final regulations targeted for 2025 • Reporting requirements from 2026, ongoing consideration of how to phase in the emissio
(1981) identified and analyzed the various types of environmental degradation resulting from EOR activities. Alvarado and Manrique (2010) discussed nontechnical and soft issues, such as availability of sources of raw materials, environmental regulations, public acceptance, physical limitations (e.g., ...
An independent federal advisory panel has declared Canada “unlikely to attain its 2030 emission target” without an oil and gas emissions cap, just days after senior oil sands executives insisted they can’t invest any faster in decarbonization.
Instead, a patchwork of state and regional regulations has been established, as well as a reinterpretation of existing laws to provide tools for regulators to regulate emissions. This chapter focuses on these federal and state regulations, and particularly those that affect the oil and gas industry...
A new study funded by the American Petroleum Institute (API) outlines that the New Source Performance Standards for oil and natural gas production proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would significantly slowdown drilling, resulting in less oil and natural gas production, lower royalti...
The federal government’s finalized regulations for the emissions cap are expected to be published in the spring. Recommended from Editorial The federal government has maintained its stance that the cap is meant to limit pollution, not oil and gas production. ...