Environmental Issues Seminar 

CAPP Environmental Issues Seminar

CAPP’s annual Environmental Issues Seminar took place on November 14, 2012.

The 11th Annual CAPP Environmental Issues Seminar was designed to provide a broad overview of the environmental regulatory landscape at the federal level and across the key Western Provinces. The Seminar serves as an opportunity to engage the CAPP membership and create awareness on key environmental issues and initiatives within the oil and gas industry and in the province.

Three concurrent panel sessions were offered in the afternoon:

• Oil Sands
• Federal Policy & Regulatory Implementation
• Shale Gas

Presentations from 2012 seminar

Morning Plenary

• Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012
• The Alberta Update
• The Saskatchewan Update

Oil Sands: Policy Integration

• CAPP's Environmental Issues Seminar - Oil Sands
• Land Use Planning: LARP and the Future of Oil Sands
• Joint Canada-Alberta Implementation Plan for Oil Sands Monitoring
• Canada's Oil Sands Innovation Alliance (COSIA)
• Environmental Management in Alberta: Update on Key Water Priorities
• Oil Sands Regulatory Change Update

Shale Gas

• Shale Gas – CAPP Issue Report
• The Modern Practice of Hydraulic Fracturing for Canadian Resources
• A Screening-Level System for Categorizing Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Additives According to Potential Health and Environmental Risks
• Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada Project to Develop Hydraulic Fracture Flowback Reuse Guidelines
• Water Monitoring for Oil and Gas Operators – Working Toward a Standard Approach
• NorthEast Water Tool - NEWT
• The Integrated Assessment of Water Resources for Unconventional Oil and Gas Plays, West-Central Alberta Project
• Summary of Geoscience BC Collaborative Water Studies in the Horn River and Montney Shale Gas Plays

Federal Policy & Regulatory Implementation

• Federal Regulatory Reform: A Summary of Key Changes and Potential Impacts for Industry
• Federal Regulatory Update: Fisheries Act and the Species at Risk Act
• The National Air Quality Management System – Alberta Implications and Implementation