• Sign up for the Daily Digest E-mail
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn

BOE Report

Sign up
  • Home
  • Headlines
    • Latest Headlines
    • Columns
    • Discussions
  • Well Activity Map
  • Property Listings
  • Land Sales
  • M&A Activity
    • M&A Database
    • AER Transfers
  • Markets
  • Rig Counts
    • CAODC Rig Count
    • Baker Hughes Rig Count
    • USA Rig Count
  • Industry Data
    • Canada Well Licences
    • USA Market Data
    • Data Subscription
  • Jobs

Governments to publish long-awaited environmental data on oilsands

March 28, 201312:44 PM BOE Report Staff

oilsandsCP

 

OTTAWA – The federal and Alberta governments are finally ready to make research and data from their oilsands monitoring program public.

Federal Environment Minister Peter Kent and his Alberta counterpart, Diana McQueen, are expected to launch a new data portal next Wednesday at an event at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Public access to the data has been a long time coming.

In February 2012, as part of their strategy to win international confidence in the environmental record of the oilsands, the ministers announced a three-year plan to beef up air, land and water monitoring in the region.

Key to winning that confidence was the commitment to make the data public, but more than a year later, officials and scientists were still hashing out the details.

Environmental monitoring of the oilsands has long been a hot potato in the Ottawa-Alberta relationship, with each jurisdiction claiming it was in the best position to undertake the job.

Paying for the new monitoring system has also been up in the air.

The private sector agreed to contribute up to $50 million a year, but there has been no mechanism in place to collect the money. In the meantime, government departments have been siphoning money from other areas to finance the efforts.

Follow the BOE Report
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
Sign up for the BOE Report Daily Digest E-mail
Latest Headlines
  • Perpetual Energy Inc. announces extension of credit facility redetermination
  • Heavy crude edges tighter on first day of new monthly trade cycle
  • Oil executives say demand will rise, despite emphasis on renewables
  • ARC Resources and Seven Generations to hold special shareholder meetings on proposed business combination
  • Oil rises on vaccine optimism, U.S. stimulus

Return to Home
Alberta Gas
CAD/GJ
Market Data by TradingView





    Note: The page you are currently on will be sent with your report. If this report is about a different page, please specify.

    About
    • About BOEReport.com
    • In the News
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    Resources
    • App
    • Widgets
    • Notifications
    • Daily Digest E-mail
    Get In Touch
    • Advertise
    • Post a Job
    • Contribute
    • Contact
    • Report Error
    Featured In
    • CamTrader
    • Rigger Talk
    Data Partner
    • Foxterra
    BOE Network
    © 2021 Grobes Media Inc.