scholarly journals Oil and Gas Development in Western Canada in the New Millenium: The Changing Legal Framework in the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Offshore British Columbia

2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sandy Carpenter ◽  
Cecilia A. Low ◽  
John Olynyk
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Legal Regime ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
Frame Work

This article explores recent changes with respect to oil and gas development in Western Canada. It explains the new legal regime being implemented to regulate oil and gas development in the Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and British Columbia. The authors provide an analysis of how this legal regime differs from the previous regulatory frame work, and they give an in-depth analysis of how this impacts on various actors in the industry.

scholarly journals A Review of the Canada Petroleum Resources Act and the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act as the Legal Framework for Future Development in the Northwest Territories

2002 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Raymond E. Quesnel
Keyword(s):  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Tenure System ◽  
Petroleum Resources ◽  
Legislative Framework ◽  
Oil And Gas Operations

This article examines the current core legislation that governs oil and gas activity in Canada's North. While there has been increased industry interest in the Northwest Territories, there has thus far been a lack of actual oil and gas projects against which to measure the efficacy of the current regime in the context of northern development. An historical analysis of the legislative developments indicates that the northern regime formed the basis for the legislative framework now governing east coast megaprojects. The author evaluates the current basis on which rights are granted and recorded, the tenure system, the royalty regime, and the project approval process. He concludes that, while the northern regime is suitable for large scale developments, it may require certain changes to accommodate smaller, more conventional projects likely to be undertaken.

Environmental pathways of potential impacts to human health from oil and gas development in northeast British Columbia, Canada

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judi Krzyzanowski
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Risks ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Volatile Organic ◽  
Actual Health ◽  
Water Borne

Concerns have arisen recently as to whether the upstream oil and gas (UOG) sector — responsible for exploration, production, and some processing of raw fossil fuels — is negatively impacting human (and environmental) health in northeast British Columbia (NEBC). The region has experienced increased rates of cancers and other illnesses that have been linked to the contaminants and stressors associated with UOG. Contaminants reach human receptors through environmental pathways, namely air, soil, water, and food. Each contaminant or stressor has specific sources, transport, exposure mechanisms, and biochemistry; and each can impact health both directly and indirectly. Of particular concern are airborne sulphur and nitrogen oxides, hazardous volatile organic compounds, hydrogen sulphide, ozone, noise, and radiation; as well as soil- or water-borne hydrocarbons, heavy metals, and radiation — some of which can also impact human health through food pathways. It has been determined that UOG is negatively impacting human health in NEBC; however, further information, such as environmental monitoring, is required before the actual health risks and impacts posed by UOG can be quantified.

scholarly journals Unprecedented quiescence in resource development area allows detection of long-lived latent seismicity

Solid Earth ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 765-783
Author(s):  
Rebecca O. Salvage ◽  
David W. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Pore Pressure ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Economic Market ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Seismicity Rate ◽  
North East ◽  
Correlation Prior

Abstract. Recent seismicity in Alberta and north-east British Columbia has been attributed to ongoing oil and gas development in the area, due to its temporal and spatial correlation. Prior to such development, the area was seismically quiescent. Here, we show evidence that latent seismicity may occur in areas where previous operations have occurred, even during a shutdown in operations. The global COVID-19 pandemic furnished the unique opportunity to study seismicity during a long period of anthropogenic quiescence. Within the Kiskatinaw area of British Columbia, 389 events were detected from April to August 2020, which encompasses a period with very little hydraulic fracturing operations. This reduction in operations was the result of a government-imposed lockdown severely restricting the movement of people as well as a downturn in the economic market causing industry stock prices to collapse. Except for a reduction in the seismicity rate and a lack of temporal clustering that is often characteristic of hydraulic fracturing induced sequences, the general characteristics of the observed seismicity were similar to the preceding time period of active operations. During the period of relative quiescence, event magnitudes were observed between ML −0.7 and ML 1.2, which is consistent with previous event magnitudes in the area. Hypocentres occurred in a corridor orientated NW–SE, just as seismicity had done in previous years, and were located at depths associated with the target Montney formation or shallower (<2.5 km). A maximum of 21 % of the detected events during lockdown may be attributable to natural seismicity, with a further 8 % potentially attributed to dynamic triggering of seismicity from teleseismic events and 6 % related to ongoing saltwater disposal and a single operational well pad. However, this leaves ∼65 % of the seismicity detected during lockdown being unattributable to primary activation mechanisms. This seismicity is unlikely to be the result of direct pore pressure increases (as very little direct injection of fluids was occurring at the time) and we see no patterns of temporal or spatial migration in the seismicity as would be expected from direct pore pressure increases. Instead, we suggest that this latent seismicity may be generated by aseismic slip as fluids (resulting from previous hydraulic fracturing injection) become trapped within permeable formations at depth, keeping pore pressures in the area elevated and consequently allowing the generation of seismicity. Alternatively, this seismicity may be the result of fault and fracture weakening in response to previous fluid injection. This is the first time that this latent seismicity has been observed in this area of British Columbia and, as such, this may now represent the new normal background seismicity rate within the Kiskatinaw area.

Oil and gas exploration in northern Canada

Polar Record ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 10 (67) ◽  
pp. 359-364
Author(s):  
A. T. Davidson
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Northern Canada ◽  
Oil And Gas Exploration ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

About 80 million acres on the mainland of the Northwest Territories and Yukon, and over 40 million acres on the Arctic islands, are under oil and gas exploration permit. Exploration permits were issued in the Arctic islands for the first time in June 1960, following promulgation in April of new Canada Oil and Gas Regulations for federal government lands. The issue of these permits extended the northern oil and gas search from the Alberta and British Columbia borders, in lat. 60° N., northward to the Arctic islands; in terms of land area this is one of the most widespread oil and gas searches in the world. The Arctic islands exploration also holds particular interest since it is the farthest north oil and gas exploration ever carried out.

New distribution records for 48 species of Polyporaceae in western Canada

1971 ◽  
Vol 49 (6) ◽  
pp. 899-902
Author(s):  
James H. Ginns ◽  
Ruth Macrae
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Northwest Territories ◽  
Yukon Territory ◽  
Western Canada ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
New Distribution

Forty-eight species of Polyporaceae are reported for the first time from the four western Provinces and Yukon and District of Mackenzie of the Northwest Territories. The number of species reported are from Manitoba 11, Saskatchewan 8, Alberta 20, British Columbia 10, Yukon Territory 4, and Northwest Territories (Mackenzie Dist.) 13.

scholarly journals Unprecedented quiescence in resource development area allows detection of long-lived latent seismicity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca O. Salvage ◽  
David W. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Hydraulic Fracturing ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Oil And Gas Development ◽  
Seismicity Rate ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Show Evidence ◽  
Montney Formation ◽  
Correlation Prior

Abstract. Recent seismicity in Alberta and British Columbia has been attributed to ongoing oil and gas development in the area, due to its temporal and spatial correlation. Prior to such development, the area was seismically quiescent. Here, we show evidence that latent seismicity may occur in areas where previous operations may have occurred, even during a shutdown in operations. The global pandemic of COVID-19 furnished the unique opportunity to study seismicity during a period of anthropogenic quiescence. A total of 389 events were detected within the Kiskatinaw area of British Columbia from April to August 2020, which encompasses a period with no hydraulic fracturing operations during a government imposed lockdown. Apart from a reduction in seismicity rate, the general characteristics of the observed seismicity were similar to the preceding time period of active operations. During the shutdown, observed event magnitudes fell between ML −1 and ML 1.2, but lacked temporal clustering that is often characteristic of hydraulic-fracturing induced sequences. Hypocenters occurred in a corridor orientated NW-SE, just as seismicity had done in previous years in the area, and locate at depths associated with the target Montney formation or shallower (

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