Environment committee  Thanks for the question. One of the slides I didn't get to really spoke to the issue. There are a couple hundred thousand water wells drilled in Alberta. The data from Alberta Environment's records show that at least 26,000 of those wells have been drilled through. The coal seams

Environment committee  The point I was trying to make, in terms of the technical requirements around the completion of the wells, is illustrated in the slide that shows the cement and the steel casing that is put in place. It is intended to separate the producing zones from those upper shallow water aq

Environment committee  I will summarize. There are mechanisms in place around water protection. There are mechanisms in place, both technical and regulatory, for managing our footprint, as you can see in the subsequent photos, by pulling well heads together and drilling from a common pad. There are m

Environment committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee. My name is David Pryce. I'm vice-president of western Canada operations with the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. I appreciate the opportunity to talk with you today, and my apologies that I was not able to get do