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THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 18 MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2017
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY MARCH 25, 2019 PAGE 27
A Monthly update on the Oil & Gas and Energy Industry
Ice Practice: Emergency Response in Winter Conditions ENERGY EDUCATION IN ACTION
Trans Mountain practices emergency equipment needed for winter spill response. prepared to respond quickly and
response on the existing pipeline in all Employees, contractors, first responders and efficiently.
seasons so they can be prepared to Indigenous groups were invited to participate Last year, Trans Mountain conducted Federal budget fails to address key issues Growth in the oil sands projects drives
respond to an incident no matter what and observe. 18 emergency response exercises at
weather conditions are present. Winter is Trans Mountain is required by regulators to various locations along the pipeline
no exception. Where the pipeline crosses have an Emergency Management Program route including a similar winter ice dragging down the Canadian economy
rivers and streams, these bodies of water and to exercise their Emergency Response deployment held near Jasper National need for more pipelines to 2030: CAPP
can be covered with ice in winter Plans on a regular basis to ensure they are Park in January 2018. The Government of Canada has Pipelines are crucial to closing the play a significant role in building up our
months, so it is imperative response acknowledged the challenges facing competitiveness gap; without it, Canada country, our economy, and providing
crews are trained to respond under ice Canada’s oil and natural gas industry but cannot claim a share of the global market. security for families. These are not
conditions. Last week, their Emergency has not taken any action to resolve the The country also needs a market-driven industry issues -- these are Canadian
Response Team conducted an on-ice underlying issues, according to the fiscal policy that brings investment back to issues that matter.
emergency exercise on Lac Des Roches, Canadian Association of Petroleum Canada; tax reform that keeps us competitive "The Canadian economy is under
BC near 100 Mile House, where ice Producers. with the United States; protection for stress and we still have not seen action
conditions were appropriate and safe to Canada has lost billions of dollars in emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) on some of the key issues the
practice deploying equipment needed for capital investment and wage growth as a industries; and a regulatory system that government needs to address like a lack
winter spill response. result of a growing competitiveness gap allows projects to be approved and built. of competitiveness on global scale. The
This pre-planned exercise simulated a facing the oil and natural gas industry. As The federal budget falls short of tough times facing the oil and natural gas
scenario of a third-party strike to the global energy demand continues to grow, addressing these key issues and challenges industry continue to drag down the entire
pipeline resulting in a release of product countries other than Canada are facing the oil and natural gas industry. CAPP Canadian economy. We have to address
into the water. Crews trained on Tim McMillan addressing market needs while our oil and continues to be concerned as capital leaves the competitiveness gap for Canada to
equipment to cut through the ice to President and CEO natural gas remains stranded. Market this country, businesses are forced to close move forward," Tim McMillan, President
practice containment and recovery Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers access constraints are preventing Canada their doors, and Canadians lose jobs. and CEO, Canadian Association of
techniques under ice and snow. from getting our natural resources to new Canada’s oil and natural gas resources Petroleum Producers.
Conducting the exercise in a live winter markets, and the sector continues to lose
environment allows first responders to investment.
adapt to real seasonal challenges. According to Statistics Canada, the
The exercise also included land-based country is missing out on about $14
training, setup and deployment of billion in investment per year since the
response trailers, containment boom and price crash in 2014, equal to more than
$55 billion in lost investment.
The Bank of Canada expects capital
spending in the oil and natural gas sector
to fall by 12 per cent in 2019. By 2020,
the Bank of Canada expects the sector’s
share of Canadian capital spending will
fall to 11 per cent of the national total –
down from about 30 per cent in 2014.
This page is sponsored by industry supporters of responsible energy
Specializing in pipeline construction, facility constructions,
maintenance, abandonments and compression projects
780-728-0004 4515 2nd Avenue
PAGE 18 MONDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2017
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY MARCH 25, 2019 PAGE 27
A Monthly update on the Oil & Gas and Energy Industry
Ice Practice: Emergency Response in Winter Conditions ENERGY EDUCATION IN ACTION
Trans Mountain practices emergency equipment needed for winter spill response. prepared to respond quickly and
response on the existing pipeline in all Employees, contractors, first responders and efficiently.
seasons so they can be prepared to Indigenous groups were invited to participate Last year, Trans Mountain conducted Federal budget fails to address key issues Growth in the oil sands projects drives
respond to an incident no matter what and observe. 18 emergency response exercises at
weather conditions are present. Winter is Trans Mountain is required by regulators to various locations along the pipeline
no exception. Where the pipeline crosses have an Emergency Management Program route including a similar winter ice dragging down the Canadian economy
rivers and streams, these bodies of water and to exercise their Emergency Response deployment held near Jasper National need for more pipelines to 2030: CAPP
can be covered with ice in winter Plans on a regular basis to ensure they are Park in January 2018. The Government of Canada has Pipelines are crucial to closing the play a significant role in building up our
months, so it is imperative response acknowledged the challenges facing competitiveness gap; without it, Canada country, our economy, and providing
crews are trained to respond under ice Canada’s oil and natural gas industry but cannot claim a share of the global market. security for families. These are not
conditions. Last week, their Emergency has not taken any action to resolve the The country also needs a market-driven industry issues -- these are Canadian
Response Team conducted an on-ice underlying issues, according to the fiscal policy that brings investment back to issues that matter.
emergency exercise on Lac Des Roches, Canadian Association of Petroleum Canada; tax reform that keeps us competitive "The Canadian economy is under
BC near 100 Mile House, where ice Producers. with the United States; protection for stress and we still have not seen action
conditions were appropriate and safe to Canada has lost billions of dollars in emissions-intensive, trade-exposed (EITE) on some of the key issues the
practice deploying equipment needed for capital investment and wage growth as a industries; and a regulatory system that government needs to address like a lack
winter spill response. result of a growing competitiveness gap allows projects to be approved and built. of competitiveness on global scale. The
This pre-planned exercise simulated a facing the oil and natural gas industry. As The federal budget falls short of tough times facing the oil and natural gas
scenario of a third-party strike to the global energy demand continues to grow, addressing these key issues and challenges industry continue to drag down the entire
pipeline resulting in a release of product countries other than Canada are facing the oil and natural gas industry. CAPP Canadian economy. We have to address
into the water. Crews trained on Tim McMillan addressing market needs while our oil and continues to be concerned as capital leaves the competitiveness gap for Canada to
equipment to cut through the ice to President and CEO natural gas remains stranded. Market this country, businesses are forced to close move forward," Tim McMillan, President
practice containment and recovery Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers access constraints are preventing Canada their doors, and Canadians lose jobs. and CEO, Canadian Association of
techniques under ice and snow. from getting our natural resources to new Canada’s oil and natural gas resources Petroleum Producers.
Conducting the exercise in a live winter markets, and the sector continues to lose
environment allows first responders to investment.
adapt to real seasonal challenges. According to Statistics Canada, the
The exercise also included land-based country is missing out on about $14
training, setup and deployment of billion in investment per year since the
response trailers, containment boom and price crash in 2014, equal to more than
$55 billion in lost investment.
The Bank of Canada expects capital
spending in the oil and natural gas sector
to fall by 12 per cent in 2019. By 2020,
the Bank of Canada expects the sector’s
share of Canadian capital spending will
fall to 11 per cent of the national total –
down from about 30 per cent in 2014.
This page is sponsored by industry supporters of responsible energy
Specializing in pipeline construction, facility constructions,
maintenance, abandonments and compression projects
780-728-0004 4515 2nd Avenue
