Canada's Oil Sands 

Oil Sands Ads

capp.ca/oilsands

The people featured in CAPP's ads are real oil sands industry employees. We find them in our operations, across a wide-range of professions.

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Video Vignettes

Employee Perspectives

Meet Ron Lewko. Ron looks after environmental research at Syncrude and his job is to reclaim the land.

Watch a video vignette on Ron Lewko: Environmental Research & Land Reclamation

Earning our Voice

Performance + Communication = Reputation

Earning our Voice CAPP

We strive to be open and transparent in our communications and we welcome considered and well-informed feedback on our efforts.

Read more about CAPP's performance & communication

Public Opinion Research

Public Opinion Research

In March and April 2010 CAPP surveyed the opinions of 2,600 people living in Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto. The research was conducted by Harris Decima.

Read about CAPP's Public Opinion Research

What are the Oil Sands?

Bitumen

Canada’s energy future lies in the oil sands. Our country possesses approximately 175 billion barrels of oil that can be recovered with today’s technology. Of that number, 170 billion are located in the oil sands.

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Oil Sands & Environment

Oil Sands Environment

The four most common environmental impacts from oil sands development are greenhouse gas emissions, land use, water use and tailings ponds.

Read more about the oil sands and the environment
Join the discussion at canadasoilsands.com

Join the conversation

It is important to have a balanced conversation about the oil sands and its impacts. You can participate: www.canadasoilsands.ca

Oil Sands Video

Canada's Oil Sands: Come see for yourself...

Learn what the oil sands are and how they’re developed.

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CAPP Communications

FAQs

Isn’t this simply industry’s attempt to “spin” or re-brand the oil sands?

The focus of these ads is on our efforts to improve environmental performance. Re-branding the oil sands implies finding solutions to the challenges we face so the key message from industry is that we are working on environmental solutions, and we will continue working on solutions for years to come. This is a long-term effort of both performance and communication.

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Technology & Innovation

Oil Sands Technology & Innovation

New techniques, technology & innovative ideas are critical to developing oil and gas, and addressing environmental concerns.

Safeguarding the Public

Our industry's top priority is the health and safety of the public and employees.

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