CAPP showing progress NEWS RELEASE FROM CAPP


The Canadian oil and gas industry’s 2012 Responsible Canadian Energy progress report, released by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, shows progress was made throughout the year.


“Canada’s oil and natural gas industry delivers energy to Canada and the world in a responsible way every day,” says CAPP president Dave Collyer. “This report is an opportunity to demonstrate progress in key performance areas, to be candid about our challenges, and to encourage a collaborative approach to performance improvement.”


The report provides 2011 industry


performance information and analysis supported by data from CAPP members in the areas of people, air, water and land performance for Western Canada, Oil Sands and the Atlantic Canada offshore region.


Key indicators of 2011 performance include the following:


• Industry safety performance improved as measured by both the number of fatalities and employee injury frequency;


• Absolute GHG emissions remained relatively flat in 2011, while production slightly increased;


• A multi-year reduction of absolute nitrogen oxide (NOx) and sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions continued in 2011;


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• Fresh water withdrawal per barrel of production continues to decline across the industry; and,


• The total surface land footprint is increasing as the industry grows, although technology such as horizontal drilling is helping to mitigate impact.


CAPP’s RCE Advisory Group, which consists of independent safety, environmental, social and industry experts, reviewed the report. They noted improvements in both performance and reporting, but also encouraged CAPP to continue efforts to develop more robust metrics and performance comparators.


People


CAPP member companies reported five fatalities in 2011 compared with seven fatalities in 2010. The injury rate declined from a total recordable injury frequency of 1.15 in 2007 to 0.89 in 2011. However, cumulative data indicates injury rate reductions are virtually unchanged and have plateaued since 2009 while total exposure hours have increased by about 10 per cent. This means that although injury rates in a larger workforce have been maintained at a low level relative to other years, the absolute number of injuries is up. Focus is needed on ongoing reduction in both the absolute number of injuries and injury rates.


Air


Direct GHG emissions declined 0.5 per cent from 88.1 million tonnes in 2010 to 87.6 million tonnes in 2011 and indirect emissions increased slightly from 14.3 million tonnes to 14.8 million tonnes. Taken together, total GHG emissions remained flat at 102.4 million tonnes even while there was a one per cent growth in oil and gas production in 2011.


Overall GHG emissions intensity remained essentially flat in 2011 at 0.32 tonnes of GHG emitted per cubic metre of oil equivalent production. It is recognized that a shift to more energy intensive production methods such as oil sands and hydraulic fracturing to produce natural gas, as well as in situ oil sands production, means reducing GHG emissions intensity will continue to be a challenge in the near term.


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