Oil and Gas

Canada’s Oil and Gas Emissions Cap: What Happened to the Cap-and-Trade Plan For a few years, Ottawa’s signature climate measure for the oil and gas sector was a proposed national cap-and-trade system. It was meant to cap greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from upstream oil and gas and LNG production, decline over time, and help put

This year, the industry engaged in a 30-day discussion period to assess the potential inclusion of flaring emissions methodology proposed by the AEP. As a result of these discussions, changes were made to Chapter 15 of the AQM, specifically in section 15.3. On September 15th, the AEP conducted a webinar to provide detailed information about

B.C.’s Net-Zero New Industry Policy: What’s Changed Since 2023 When B.C. released its Net-Zero New Industry Intentions Paper back in 2023, the proposal was clear: new large industrial facilities would need a credible plan to reach net-zero by 2050, LNG facilities by 2030, and the whole thing would be delivered through amendments to the Greenhouse

As part of Alberta’s ongoing efforts to meet carbon reduction targets, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (AEP) has introduced a significant amendment to the aggregate facilities section (Chapter 15) of the Alberta Quantification Methodology. This amendment includes flaring as part of the total emissions considered for aggregate facilities under the Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction (TIER) program. Starting with your 2023

On May 9 and 10, 2023, the Clean Growth Branch at the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy hosted a virtual workshop focused on the development of British Columbia’s (B.C.) industrial carbon pricing. 2023 marks a transition year as we move towards an Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) and the Government of British Columbia is